Problem-based Learning in a Professional Ethics Course for Undergraduate Engineering Students

Abstract

This activity is considered an NAE Exemplar in Engineering Ethics Education and was included in a 2016 report with other exemplary activities. The activity describes a course taught for engineering students at Georgia Tech where students take part in problem-based learning approach, discuss a real-life case study from their own experience or historical case study, and think and discuss possible solutions to questions raise as part of this case.