Program Overview

ENCS 6201 - Ethics and Professionalism

This course introduces students to the wide spectrum of roles and responsibilities that guide the professional practice of engineers. The course covers professionalism, the engineering code and ethical practice of engineers with special reference to Quebec and Canada. The course also provides students with a basic understanding of legal aspects such as intellectual property, occupational health and safety, contracts, and liability that are relevant to professional practice of engineers.

Course Details

Semester:

• Winter (January 12 - April 13, 2026)

Instructor:

Please refer to the Course Outline below.

Program:

• Graduate, 1 credit

Required Course Material Fee:

There is no access fee for this course. Course material refers to all content that is needed to be licensed, acquired, or leased for the purpose of offering the online course.
This could include the electronic version of a textbook (or parts of it), images, articles, animations, audio, and/or video.
This material has been deemed essential for the course at the request of the instructor and/or content provider.
This fee is paid by students at the time of the retrieval of their eConcordia course and is in addition to the regular tuition that they pay to the university for the enrolment in the credit course.

Registration Information:

Concordia students must register for this course in their Student Hub. It is strongly recommended that they consult Concordia's class schedule prior to enrolling in order to be aware of any registration restrictions. Once registered, students must then sign up for an eConcordia account to access the course material.

COURSE OUTLINE

Disclaimer: Information regarding the eConcordia course found on this page may change without notice. For the most recent course list, visit the Student Hub. Furthermore, if this represents the initial offering of the course, no course outline will be available until the start of the first active semester.