BIO-508: Ethics for Life Sciences engineersThe decisions that life science engineers make can have profound impacts on other people, on society, and on the environment. It is important, therefore, to be aware of the potential effects of decisions, and to have a set of ethical principles and analyt ...
HUM-412: The ethics of engineering IThis course provides engineers entering the workforce with a hands-on approach to figuring out what to do in ethically challenging professional situations. ...
HUM-351: Becoming an ethical engineerStudents will develop an understanding of the psychological and social processes of learning the following competences: (i) ethical sensitivity, (ii) ethical reasoning, (iii) ethical motivation, and (iv) ethical agency. Students will, at the same time, de ...
DH-415: Ethics and law of AIThis master course enables students to sharpen their proficiency in tackling ethical and legal challenges linked to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Students acquire the competence to define AI and identify ethical and legal questions linked to its conception ...
HUM-478: Emotion, value, and life-defining choices IMost of us aspire to live meaningful lives. Yet, many of us would struggle to explain what a meaningful life is. This course provides philosophical tools and frameworks useful to understand our aspiration for meaning. ...
HUM-207: Ethique sociale et politiqueCe cours vise à permettre aux étudiant-e-s d'identifier et d'utiliser les outils de l'éthique dans le contexte de questions sociales et politiques relatives au développement et la mise en œuvre technologique, avec une attention particulière portée à l'inte ...
HUM-359: Environmental ethicsL'objectif général de ce cours est de permettre aux étudiant-e-s:
de saisir les questions environnementales en tant que questions éthiques;
de clarifier le point de vue à partir duquel apparaît leur caractère éthique;
d'acquérir les outils conceptuels d ...
MATH-458: Programming concepts in scientific computingThe aim of this course is to provide the background in scientific computing. The class includes a brief introduction to basic programming in c++, it then focuses on object-oriented programming and c++ specific programming techniques. Typical class hierarch ...
DH-500: Computational Social MediaThe course integrates concepts from media studies, machine learning, multimedia, and network science to characterize social practices and analyze content in platforms like Twitter/X, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. Students will learn computational methods ...
CS-491: Introduction to IT consultingThis course is an introduction to the alignment of enterprise needs with the possibilities offered by Information Technology (IT). Using a simulated business case, we explore how to define the requirements for an IT service that matches stakeholders explic ...
HUM-471: Economic growth and sustainability IThis course examines growth from various angles: economic growth, growth in the use of resources, need for growth, limits to growth, sustainable growth, population growth. Although grounded in economics, it takes up elements from many other disciplines. ...
CIVIL-459: Deep learning for autonomous vehiclesDeep Learning (DL) is the subset of Machine learning reshaping the future of transportation and mobility. In this class, we will show how DL can be used to teach autonomous vehicles to detect objects, make predictions, and make decisions. (Fun fact: this s ...
FIN-419: Ethical behavior in the financial industryWe will focus on ethical dilemmas facing professionals in the financial industry. Cases based on real events will illustrate various kinds of transgressions. We will study what regulators and firms have put in place to mitigate these issues and propose som ...
HUM-275: Evolutionary psychologyLa psychologie évolutionniste est une discipline située au carrefour de la biologie, de la psychologie, de l'anthropologie, des sciences sociales et naturelles qui examine les traits psychologiques et les comportements humains dans une perspective évolutio ...
CS-290: Responsible softwareSoftware's growing importance increases engineers' responsibility to integrate ethical concerns in the design and development process. This course teaches students concrete strategies for responsible software engineering, focusing on identifying ethical is ...
HUM-429: Philosophy of life sciences IComprendre et discuter les questions centrales de la philosophie des sciences de la vie, par exemple celle du réductionnisme ou pourquoi le libre arbitre pourrait être une illusion. Transposer les problèmes et les arguments d'un débat à un autre. Évaluer l ...
ENG-382: Construction project managementUn ouvrage architectural de qualité est le résultat d'une multitude de processus et de personnes intervenantes. Sa réussite est alors étroitement liée à l'organisation mise en place par l'architecte dans les différentes phases du projet. ...
HUM-392: The Ethics and Law of Artificial IntelligenceThis course enables students to sharpen their proficiency in tackling ethical and legal challenges linked to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Students acquire the competence to define AI and identify ethical and legal questions linked to its increased use in ...
HUM-207(a): Social and political ethics BObjectif général de ce cours : permettre aux étudiant-e-s d'identifier et d'utiliser les outils de la philosophie et plus spécifiquement de l'éthique, dans le contexte de questions sociales et politiques. ...
