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2015-2016 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ENE 55300 - Introduction To Globalization And Engineering
Credit Hours: 1.00. History and dynamics of globalization, and its impact on engineering practice and the lives and education of engineers. Topics include: global migration of highly-skilled people, free flow of capital and the globalization of R&D investment, world trade of commodities and high-tech products, global value chains and the process of innovation, role of multinational and metanational corporations, role of intellectual property and the global spread of technology, global outsourcing and off-shoring of engineering jobs and services, global convergence of engineering education and life-long learning. The course includes lectures by the instructor or by guest speakers representing industry and academia from all over the world. This course is designed assuming a maturity level congruent with students having work experience or planning to enter fulltime employment within a year. Typically offered Fall.
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