KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS
COMPUTER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
COE 390 Seminar
Syllabus
Catalog
Description
The purpose
of this course is to help improve students` ability for presenting their technical
work. It also teaches students about the nature of engineering as a profession,
codes of professional conducts, ethics & responsibility, and the role of
engineering societies and organizations world-wide. Case studies of conflict
between engineering professional ethical values and external demands. The
course features students` participation in discussion held by COE faculty
members and invited guests. Each student is required to deliver a short talk
toward the end of the semester.
Goals
1.
To teach students the nature of engineering as a
profession.
2.
To teach students the ethical and professional
responsibility of engineering in the society.
3.
To improve students` technical and professional
communication skills.
4.
To introduce students to different professional
societies and organizations world-wide.
Instructor: Dr. Tarek Sheltami
Office: 22-327
Email: tarek@ccse.kfupm.edu.sa
Office hours: Check my weekly schedule or by
appointment
Tel: 4678
Course
Policy
Students attendance and participation in class 30%
Attendance of two senior project presentations 10%
Evaluation of short talk delivered by the student 50%
References
1. Bowyer, Kevin
W. Ethics and Computing. IEEE Computer Society Press, 1996.
2. Johnson, D.
G. Computer Ethics. Prentice Hall,
3. Kizza, Joseph M. Ethical and Social Issues in the Information
Age. Springer, 1997.
4.
Gary Kroehnert Basic Presentation Skills,
McGraw-Hill, 1999.
5. Nido R. Qubein
How to Be a Great
Communicator : In Person, on Paper, and on the Podium
, John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
6. http://www.businessballs.com/presentation.htm
Article
Selection
Each student has to submit a set of three articles
from which an article will be selected for the student. The student will
present the selected article in the class in 10 minutes. Articles should be selected covering subjects
related to the computer engineering filed and should be recent. The article
selected should be at least 4 pages. The recommended journals for article
selection are:
IEEE Computer Magazine
Communications of the ACM
IEEE Network Magazine
Students should consult with the course instructor for the
selection of the article for their presentation. Subject to the approval of the course
instructor, it is possible to select an article from a magazine other than
those mentioned above. The deadline for selecting an article from a magazine is
Tuesday, October.3, 2006.
List
of Selected Articles
The list of selected articles and their time for
presentation will be determined and posted on Saturday, October 28, 2006.
Presentations
Each student will be
scheduled to give a formal presentation. The presentation will be evaluated by
the course instructor. Students will also evaluate the presentations of their
peers. All presentations will be made during the regular class meetings.
Tentative Course
Schedule
|
Week |
Activity |
|
1 |
Organizational Meeting
|
|
2 |
How
to prepare and present a seminar |
|
3 |
Computing
Ethics, |
|
4 |
Professional
Ethics, |
|
5 |
Professional
Ethics |
|
6 |
Student presentation |
|
7 |
Student presentation |
|
8 |
Student presentation |
|
9 |
Student presentation |
|
10 |
Student presentation |
|
11 |
Student presentation |
|
12 |
Student presentation |
|
13 |
Student presentation |
|
14 |
Student presentation |
|
15 |
Student presentation |