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SWE 110: Software Engineering Professional Ethics & Legal Standards
Ethical frameworks, professional codes of conduct (ACM/IEEE Software Engineering Code of Ethics), software product liability, intellectual property law (patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets), open-source licensing (MIT, Apache 2.0, GPL, AGP...
Course Overview
Ethical frameworks, professional codes of conduct (ACM/IEEE Software Engineering Code of Ethics), software product liability, intellectual property law (patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets), open-source licensing (MIT, Apache 2.0, GPL, AGP... Curriculum Structure &...
What You'll Learn
- Evaluate complex software engineering dilemmas against the ACM/IEEE Software Engineering Code of Ethics.
- Audit software dependency trees for open-source license compatibility and legal risks (copyleft vs permissive).
- Design software systems that conform to statutory data privacy regulations (GDPR, NDPR, CCPA).
- Assess statutory legal liabilities arising from safety-critical software failures and defective code.
- Formulate engineering guidelines for algorithmic transparency, fairness, and automated decision-making.
Requirements
- SWE 101
Degree Programme Curriculum Context
This course is a curriculum unit of the Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Software Engineering degree framework in Nigeria.
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