Cross-listed as PSYC 419. Not to substitute for TCC 401, TCC 402. The topic, work plan, and conditions are arranged by contract between instructor and student and approved by the division chair, with a copy to be filed in the division office. A historical perspective is presented in readings, films, and discussions, on Western civilization's views of technology. The undergraduate thesis project, which is initiated in this course, emphasizes oral and written communications at a professional level, and the role of social constraints and ethical obligations in engineering practice.
Students complete the thesis project technical report.
Continued consideration of indirect and unintended impacts of new technology and of health and safety issues. A course in technical and scientific communication for students entering the accelerated Bachelor's-Master's Degree Program. Offered in the summer session between the sixth and seventh semesters. Part of the required undergraduate humanities sequence for students in the accelerated program. May be taken in either the fourth or fifth year of the student's program.