engineer and sociaty plan outcome

1. BMM 3011BMM 3011
ENGINEER & SOCIETYENGINEER & SOCIETY
(Semester 5 – Year 3)(Semester 5 – Year 3)
Ir Mohd Rashidi bin MaarofIr Mohd Rashidi bin Maarof

2. COURSE SYNOPSISCOURSE SYNOPSIS
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This course introduces the history of science and technology;
the engineering profession and the role and responsibilities of
mechanical engineers. Students are reminded of their future
responsibilities through abiding closely the code of ethics, code
of conduct and code of practice well laid out for engineers. The
course incudes some narration of the status and growth of the
local industry, job opportunities in the government sector, the
law that governs the engineering profession, the importance of
engineering societies and organisations, as well as exposure to
the route to become a professional engineer. Throughout the
course students are exposed to the challenges that future
engineers will face in this changing world with regards to
sustainability, and entrepreneurial opportunities that they could
identify in meeting and coping up with these challenges.

3. COURSE OUTCOMESCOURSE OUTCOMES
By the end of semester, students should be able to:
BMM 3011BMM 3011 ENGINEERING & SOCIETYENGINEERING & SOCIETYWeek - 1Week - 1
CO1 Understand the engineering profession and the overall role of engineers to
society;
CO2: Understand the code of ethic, code of conduct, code of practice, public
responsibility and professional liabilities;
Understand the local industries development and the government
development plans and programmes, as well as challenges and job opportunities
in both public and private sectors;
Understand the Malaysian Government and Legal System; Acts and Laws
that govern the engineers; as well as the route to become a professional
engineer;
Understand the extra responsibility that engineers shall face related to
development against sustainability, and identification of entrepreneurial
opportunities.

4. ASSESSMENT METHODSASSESSMENT METHODS
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Assessment CO1 CO2
Distributi
on
Mid-Semester Test
End-Semester Test
Problems-Based
Learning and &
Corporate-Learning
Project
√ √ 50% x 2
Total 100%

5. LECTURE SCHEDULELECTURE SCHEDULE
WEEK TOPIC
1 History of science and technology
2 The engineering profession as a
whole
3 The role of Mechanical Engineers
4 Code of ethics and code of conduct
5 Local industries sector
6 Issues in local industries
7 Engineers in the Government
sector
WEEK TOPIC
8 Code of practice and public
responsibility
9 Sustainability and environmental
responsibility
10 Engineering organisations &
societies
11 Professional engineer requirement
12 Engineer and Law
13 Contract law
14 Course synthesis
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E-learning materialsE-learning materials

7. • C.E. Harris, M.S. Pritchard & M.J. Rabins, Engineering
Ethics: Concepts and Cases, 2000, Wadsworth Thomson.
• Logeswaran, R., et.al, Engineers in Society, 2006, Mc Graw
Hill.
• Abdul Rahim Abdul Manaf, Alam Jurutera, 2003, Penerbit
Universiti Malaya.
• Fleddermann, C.B., Engineering Ethics, 2004, Prentice Hall.
• J.D. Kemper & B.R. Sanders, Engineers and Their
Profession, Oxford University Press;
• Arazi Idrus, Shaharin Sulaiman, M. Faris Khamidi, Engineers
and Society, McGraw Hill Education, 2010.
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REFERENCES

8. Malaysia is a beautiful country – located
right at the centre of the earth – Love Her!