Engineering Ethics University of Tsukuba

Course Overview
This course discusses historical examples and up-to-date issues related to engineering ethics. In the first half of the course, we mainly deal with preparedness, mitigation, and response for catastrophic disasters such as earthquakes and tsunami from an engineering point of view. In the second half, we mainly deal with genetic engineering technologies that can cause worldwide pandemic, such as gain-of-function research that artificially enhances transmissibility and pathogenicity of pathogens like bacteria and viruses.
Learning Achievement
Competence
Related to 4. Skills in the field of Micro Engineering and Nanoscience, and 5. Skills in the field of Macro Engineering and Systems Engineering.
Course prerequisites
Grading Philosophy
Course schedule
Course type
Lectures
Online Course Requirement
Instructor
Kakeya Hideki
Other information
Lecture is conducted in English.
Site for Inquiry
Link to the syllabus provided by the university