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Professional Practices

This 3 credit, 16 week course on professional practice has the following objectives: for students to understand professional ethics, be aware of their responsibilities as members of a profession, and apply ethical principles to resolve professional situations. The course will be taught using multiple methods including lectures, discussions, projects and role plays. Students will be evaluated based on quizzes, assignments, a midterm, term project, presentations and a final exam. Recommended textbooks cover topics on professional issues in software engineering, ethics, and applied professional ethics. The course calendar outlines 15 weekly topics that will be covered, including computing ethics, intellectual property, health and safety, codes of conduct, and interview techniques.

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Professional Practices

This 3 credit, 16 week course on professional practice has the following objectives: for students to understand professional ethics, be aware of their responsibilities as members of a profession, and apply ethical principles to resolve professional situations. The course will be taught using multiple methods including lectures, discussions, projects and role plays. Students will be evaluated based on quizzes, assignments, a midterm, term project, presentations and a final exam. Recommended textbooks cover topics on professional issues in software engineering, ethics, and applied professional ethics. The course calendar outlines 15 weekly topics that will be covered, including computing ethics, intellectual property, health and safety, codes of conduct, and interview techniques.

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University of Management and Technology

Course Outline
Course code… HU4092...... Course title…Professional Practice………………

BSSE
Program

3
Credit Hours

16 Weeks
Duration

NA
Prerequisites

Shakra Mehak
Resource Person

NA
Counseling Timing

(Room# 30 )
[email protected]

Contact

Chairman/Director signature………………………………….

Dean’s signature…………………………… Date………………………………………….

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Learning Objective:
 Students understand and can apply professional ethics.
 Students are aware of themselves as members of a profession, with shared community principles.
 Students are aware of the ethical implications of their professional choices, and of the communities
(employer, customers, society at large) whose interests they serve.
 Students can apply ethical principles to resolve situations that arise in their professional lives.
 Students know of professional organizations that can help them deal with professional issues.

Learning Methodology:
Material for this course will be presented using multiple teaching approaches: lecture and
discussion, exploration and inquiry, field experiences, cooperative group work, demonstrations,
role plays, interviews/ presentations.

Grade Evaluation Criteria


Following is the criteria for the distribution of marks to evaluate final grade in
a semester.

Letter Grade Grade points

A+/A 4.0

A- 3.7

B+ 3.3

B 3.0

B- 2.7

C+ 2.3

C 2.0

C- 1.7

F 0.0

P (Pass) -

I (Incomplete) -

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W (Withdrawal) -

SA (Short Attendance) -

Marks Evaluation Marks in percentage

Quizzes 10%
Assignments 10%
Mid Term 25%
Term Project 10%
Term Project Presentations 5%
Final exam 40%
Total 100%
Recommended Text Books:
Professional Issues in Software Engineering by Frank Bott, Allison Coleman, Jack Eaton and
Diane Rowland, CRC Press; 3rd Edition (2000). ISBN-10: 0748409513

Reference Books:
A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet (3rd Edition)
by Sara Baase, Prentice Hall; 3rd Edition (2008). ISBN-10: 0136008488 4. Applied
Professional Ethics by Gregory R. Beabout, University Press of America (1993). ISBN-10:
0819193747 Technology Series, 2000

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Calendar of Course contents to be covered during semester

Course code… HU4092...... Course title…Professional Practice………………

Week Course Contents Reference Chapter(s)

Introduction of Course and Fundamentals Chapter 1

Computing Profession, Computing Ethics, Philosophy of Ethics


1

The Structure of Organizations, Finance and Accounting, Chapter 2, 3


Anatomy of a Software House

Computer Contracts, Intellectual Property Rights Chapter 11

Chapter 3
The Framework of Employee Relations Law and Changing
Management Practices
4
Professional E-mail Writing

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Human Resource Management and IT, Health and Safety at Chapter 4
Work

Skills Handouts

Interpersonal, Technical

6
Presentation Skills

Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Handouts


Goals
Time Management
7

SWOT Analysis Handouts

MID-Terms

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Computing Core skills Chapter 12

Computing Profession

10
SOFTWARE CONTRACTS AND LICENCES

Health and Safety at Work, Software Liability, Liability and Chapter 11


Practice, Computer Misuse and the Criminal Law, Regulation
and Control of Personal Information
11

Overview of the British Computer Society Code of Conduct, Chapter 13


IEEE Code of Ethics, ACM Code of Ethics and Professional
Conduct,
12

ACM/IEEE Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Chapter 13

Professional Practice. Accountability and Auditing, Social

13 Application of Ethics

Interview Techniques Handouts

14

Revision

15

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