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应用 for the 证书

The 证书 Program in 工程, 道德 & 社会 welcomes students from across the College of 工程 and Applied Science.

The certificate prepares students to: 

  • Develop an ethical awareness that helps them to think clearly and critically about the place of science and technology in diverse global, 经济, 环境, 以及社会背景
  • Foster an ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments
  • Contextualize their own experiences and communicate with others across diverse backgrounds, 传统, 和文化

证书 Requirements

The certificate consists of 12 credit hours, derived from either courses selected from the EES课程菜单 or courses of a student’s choice that have been approved by the 证书 董事.

Any student who has completed the specified courses approved for this certificate but has not received a minimum grade of C+ in each course will still receive credit for these courses as H&学生选修课.

证书 Description

The EES certificate includes a cornerstone course that explores these philosophical questions (and others related to them). The certificate also steers students toward other courses that address these difficult questions and will help them find a path toward workable answers. The list of possible courses includes:

  • courses that view engineering in social, 经济 and legal contexts;
  • courses that study science and technology in the past, thereby illuminating their influence in the present; and
  • courses that explore the 环境 consequences of STEM innovation.

董事

All CEAS students in good standing at CU Boulder may apply to earn a 证书 in 工程, 道德 & 社会. After an initial advising meeting with one of the 证书 董事, students must inform the directors that they intend to complete the certificate by submitting the EES 证书 招生 Form. Once a student has completed the requirements for the certificate, they should fill out the 证书 Completion Form and submit it to the directors. (Note: this form can be sent any time after the student completes the certificate requirements and grades for all courses counting towards it are in. 截止日期在 Registrar's certificates page.) Once the 证书 董事 have approved the Completion Form, the Registrar's Office will add the certificate to the student's official record.

证书 students are socially engaged and are involved in a variety of organizations throughout the college that seek to provide ethical grounding and moral focus to questions raised by technological development and engineering innovation. ee学生:

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