ENGN4611 Engineering Law

Later Year Course

Offered By	Dept Engineering
Academic Career	Undergraduate
Course Subject	Engineering
Offered in	Second Semester, 2009 and Second Semester, 2010
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	Sources and classification of law; professional engineering legislation, code of ethics, registration and discipline; negligence; contract law; employment law; patent law and submission; environmental law. Introduction to intellectual property. What is intellectual property? Enforcement of rights. Copyright, trademarks, designs and patents. Intellectual property management. Commercialising intellectual property. University policy and practice and students' rights. Legal aspects of the Internet and electronic commerce.
Learning Outcomes	The course is designed with 3 main aims for students to: recognise and deal with basic legal issues arising in professional practice and business know when to get professional legal advice and how to use lawyers effectively supplement ethical framework - see http://www.onlineethics.org
Indicative Assessment	20% WebCT discussion exercises, 80% Final exam
Workload	13 weeks of lectures, with 10 weeks of discussion exercises.
Areas of Interest	Engineering
Requisite Statement	ENGN1211
Incompatibility	ENGN4211, BUSN1101, ASHI2268, POLS1002, ECHI1105, ECHI1106

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