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Professor: |
Dr. Peggy Brouse |
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Assignment Submission: |
WebCT usage is required in the
class; instructions are below. |
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Work Phone: |
(703) 993-1502 (with voice mail) |
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FAX: |
(703) 993-1706 |
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E-mail: |
pbrouse@gmu.edu |
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Office: |
GMU: Science and Technology II - Room 317 |
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Office Hours: |
Wednesday 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. and by appointment |
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Course Description: |
This course is designed to
introduce the students to several important topics in systems engineering,
provide additional experience to the students in writing and giving
presentations, and obtain feedback on the curriculum for the B.S. in Systems
Engineering. Several lectures will be
devoted to ethics in systems engineering.
Writing and making presentations for systems engineering will also be
covered early in the semester. Lecture series presenters will present
material that is not part of the required course load to expand the horizons
of the students. Each student will
write a short paper on each of these presentations. In addition, students will work in teams to
critique and redesign the curriculum in Systems Engineering. Each group will deliver a written product
and provide at least one briefing to the class. The best critique and redesign will be
presented to the faculty. |
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Course Hours: |
Monday and Wednesday 12:00PM to 1:15PM in S&T 2, room 18 |
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Text: |
1. Pocket Book of Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists (2008), 3rd edition, Leo Finkelstein. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-319159-1 2. Preparing and Delivering Effective Technical Presentations (2000), David Adamy. Artech House Publishers; 2nd edition. ISBN 1-5805-3017-6 3. Engineering Ethics: An Industrial Perspective (2006), Gail Baura. Academic Press ISBN 0-12-088531-2 |
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Grades: |
On following page |
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Disabilities Statement: |
If you are a
student with a disability and you need academic accommodations, please see me
and contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) at 993-2474. All
academic accommodations must be arranged through the DRC. |
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Topic |
Lecture |
Deliverables |
Grading |
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Technical Writing |
From Finkelstein text 1 - Introduction, Technical Definition, Description
of a Mechanism, Description of a Process:
pages 1 - 61 2 – Proposals, Progress Reports, Feasibility
Reports: pages 63 – 118 3 – Instructions and Manuals, Laboratory and Project
Reports, Research Reports: pages 119 –
170 4 – Documentation, Visuals, Electronic Publishing:
pages 207 – 232, 251 - 266 |
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Giving Presentations |
From Adamy text |
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Ethics |
From Baura text |
Individual: Case write-ups (every case except the one your
group presents) Group: Team presentation and discussion lead. Team paper. |
Individual: 10% Group: 20% |
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Curriculum Review |
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Group: Determine subject of curriculum review Brief subject Interview professors, students Draft review Final review In-class brief Brief faculty |
Group: 25% |
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Technology Review |
Attend speaker series lecture |
Individual: Short paper on lecture attended (3 pages) Long paper on bleeding edge technology (20 pages) |
Individual: 10% 25% |
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Professionalism |
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Individual: Evaluated by instructor |
Individual: 10% |
Exact Grade
Breakdown
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Individual |
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Ethics - Writeups (5 at 2% each) |
10% |
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Bleeding Edge Annotated Outline Presentation |
5% |
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Bleeding Edge Presentation |
5% |
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Bleeding Edge Paper Draft |
5% |
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Bleeding Edge Paper |
10% |
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Seminar Review Paper |
10% |
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Professionalism |
10% |
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Group |
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Ethics Case Presentation |
10% |
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Ethics Case paper |
10% |
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Curriculum
Review Subject |
5% |
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Curriculum
Review Draft Presentation/Paper (2.5% each) |
5% |
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Curriculum
Review Final Presentation/Paper (7.5% each) |
15% |
Writing Intensive Statement
This
course fulfills all/in part the Writing-Intensive requirement in the Systems
Engineering undergraduate major. It does so through the five ethic write-ups,
bleeding edge paper outline, bleeding edge draft paper, bleeding edge final
paper and the seminar review paper. The
bleeding edge paper will be completed through a draft/feedback/revision
process. The due date for each is below; I will provide comments on each.
How To Access WebCT?
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Go to http://webct41.gmu.edu
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Enter
WebCT ID and password:
Students need a WebCT ID and password to login. Their WebCT ID is their Mason mail user name (e.g. the WebCT ID for jdoe@gmu.edu would be jdoe); Starting August 16, 2005 at 7am, all WebCT user accounts will convert to the same password as their Mason email accounts. On that date, at that time, logging into WebCT will require the user to enter the same password required to access their Mason email account. WebCT users will no longer be able to reset their passwords using the “password settings” utility on their myWebCT page. Starting August 16, passwords for WebCT can be reset or obtained by clicking on the obtain or reset username/password link.
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If you
do not know your Mason mail user name, go to http://mail.gmu.edu and click on “Activating My Account”
icon, follow the steps.
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All
assignments have due dates and submissions after the due date/time will not be
possible, since WebCT will automatically block “submit my homework” option.
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From
time to time, WebCT works too slowly. Especially from a dial-up internet
connection, WebCT access may not be so efficient all the time; students are
encouraged to submit their work earlier than the deadline.
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If you
experience any problem while accessing/using WebCT, pls. send an e-mail to Dr.
Brouse, pbrouse@gmu.edu
CLASS SCHEDULE
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Week 1> |
27/29
August |
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Background;
Introductions; Honor Code ¨
Group
assignments, In-class writing assignment |
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Week 2> |
3/5
September |
¨ LABOR
DAY - no classes ¨ DEGREE AUDIT ASSIGNMENT – WORTH 2 POINTS ¨ University Career Services10 minute presentation ¨ WebCT demo |
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Week 3> |
10/12
September |
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Week 4> |
17/19
September |
¨ Lecture Finkelstein 3 ¨ Group: 5 min presentation of
curriculum review subject |
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Week 5> |
24/26
September |
¨ Group: 5 min presentation of
curriculum review subject ¨ Lecture Finkelstein 4 ¨ Ethics case choices due |
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Week 6> |
1/3
October |
¨ Review ABET objectives and Outcomes ¨ Lecture Adamy 1, 2 ¨ Individual: Write up (annotated
outline) on bleeding edge paper due |
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Week 7> |
9/10
October |
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NOTE: 9 October is a Tuesday class
- Lecture Adamy 3 ·
Individual:
5 min presentations on bleeding edge paper |
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Week 8> |
15/16
October |
¨ Individual: 5 min presentations on
bleeding edge paper ¨ Lecture: Baura |
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Week 9> |
22/24
October |
¨ Lecture: Baura ¨ Group Work Days on Ethics Cases and final paper |
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Week 10> |
29/31
October |
¨ Group Presentation: Ethics Case 1 ¨ Group Presentation: Ethics Case 2, Individual: Write up (draft paper)
on bleeding edge paper due |
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Week 11> |
5/7 November |
¨ Work day on Curriculum Review ¨ Group Presentation: Ethics Case 3 |
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Week 12> |
12/14
November |
¨ Group Presentation: Ethics Case 4 ¨ Group Presentation: Ethics Case 5 |
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Week 13> |
19/21
November |
¨ Group: 5 min presentation of
curriculum review to date, Group: Write up (draft) on curriculum review due ¨ Thanksgiving Break |
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Week 14> |
26/28
November |
¨ Group Presentation: Ethics Case 6 ¨ Individual: Presentations of bleeding edge paper, Final bleeding edge due |
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Week 15> |
3/5
December |
¨ Individual: Presentations of bleeding edge paper,
Group: Final curriculum review due ¨ Individual: short paper on lecture attended due ¨ Individual:
Evaluation of Others in Group due ¨ Group: Presentation to faculty on curriculum review
(everyone attends)> will be coordinated with SYST490 presentations to
faculty |
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