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Professor: |
Dr. Peggy Brouse |
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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: |
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Office: |
GMU:� Science and Technology II - Room 317 |
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Office Hours: |
Mondays� |
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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�
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Text: |
1. Pocket Book of Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists (2000) Leo Finkelstein.� McGraw-Hill.����������� ISBN 0-07-237080-7 2. How to Give Effective Business Briefings (1999) Colin Clark.� Stylus Publications. ISBN 0-7494-2513-X 3.
Social, Ethical and Policy Implications of
Engineering: Selected |
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Grades: |
On following page |
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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 1 - Intro, Background, Preparation 1 - 22 2 - Structure, Delivery, Impact, Motivation,
Informal Feedback 23 - 66 3 - Formal Feedback, Routine, Variations, Evaluation
67 - 103 |
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Ethics |
From Herkert text |
Individual: Case write-ups (every case except the one your
group presents) Group: Team presentation and discussion lead.� Team paper. |
Individual: 10% Group: students evaluation of others in 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 Vote on best Brief faculty |
Group: 4 students evaluation of others in 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%
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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% |
CLASS SCHEDULE
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Week 1> |
25/27 August |
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Background;
Introductions |
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Week 2> |
1 September 3 September |
� LABOR
DAY - no classes � Lecture Finkelstein 1 |
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Week 3> |
8/10 September |
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Week 4> |
15 September 17 September |
� Lecture Finkelstein 3 � Group: 5 min presentation of
curriculum review subject |
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Week 5> |
22 September 24 September |
� Lecture Finkelstein 4 � Ethics case choices due |
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Week 6> |
29 September 1 October |
� Lecture � Individual: Write up (annotated
outline) on long paper due |
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Week 7> |
6 October 8 October |
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Lecture
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Individual:
5 min presentations on major paper to date |
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Week 8> |
14 October 15 October |
� NOTE:
14 October is a Tuesday class - �Individual: 5 min
presentations on major paper to date � Lecture: Herkert |
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Week 9> |
20 October 22 October |
� Group Presentation: Ethics Case 1 � Group Presentation: Ethics Case 2, Individual: Write up (draft paper)
on major paper due |
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Week 10> |
27 October 29 October |
� Group: 5 min presentation of
curriculum review to date, Group: Write up (draft) on curriculum review due � Group Presentation: Ethics Case 3 |
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Week 11> |
3 November 5 November |
� Group Presentation: Ethics Case 4 � Group Presentation: Ethics Case 5 |
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Week 12> |
10 November 12 November |
� Group Presentation: Ethics Case 6,� Individual Ethics Case Write-ups due � Individual: Presentations of final paper, Final paper
due |
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Week 13> |
17 November 19 November |
� Individual: Presentations of final paper, Group:
Final curriculum review due � Group: Presentations of final curriculum review,
Individual: Vote on best curriculum review team |
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Week 14> |
24/26 November |
� No classes. (Thanksgiving) |
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Week 15> |
1 December 3 December |
� 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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