ENCP 3000 — Professional Issues in Engineering
1 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springBostonTraditional
Provides students with an opportunity to reflect on both academic and co-op experiences in the context of planning for the senior year and beyond. Issues include professional and ethical issues, resolving ethical conflicts, awareness of engineers as professionals in a diverse world, strengthening decision-making skills, career portfolios, and lifelong learning needs, goals, and strategies. Students reflect upon issues of diversity from their experience in the University and in their cooperative education placements. Explores the role of different work and learning styles and diverse personal characteristics on the workplace and the classroom. Professional issues include impact of the cultural context, both in the United States and around the world, on the client, government relations, and the workplace.
Prerequisites
- one of:
- BIOE 2000 (min D-)
- CHME 2000 (min D-)
- CIVE 2000 (min D-)
- EECE 2000 (min D-)
- ENCP 2000 (min D-)
- MEIE 2000 (min D-)
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 19 | 336 | 361 | 93% | 1.3 |
| Spring 2024 | 18 | 518 | 525 | 99% | 0.4 |
| Fall 2024 | 18 | 419 | 449 | 93% | 1.7 |
| Spring 2025 | 22 | 590 | 628 | 94% | 1.7 |
| Fall 2025 | 17 | 420 | 477 | 88% | 3.4 |
| Spring 2026 | 18 | 521 | 525 | 99% | 0.2 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 8% · T 47% · W 7% · Th 22% · F 16%
Common patterns: T (47% of sections), R (22% of sections), F (16% of sections), M (8% of sections), W (7% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Maureen Basmajian (12% of students) · reviews
- Kristina Hubbard (12% of students) · reviews
- Jessica Ormsby (8% of students) · reviews
- Georgia Looney (8% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Maureen Basmajian (11% of students) · reviews
- Kimberly Lurie (9% of students) · reviews
- Georgia Looney (9% of students) · reviews
- Michael Ahern (8% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (ENCP course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All ENCP courses · Plan it at numap.app