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25. Contracts and Specifications. [Newcomb.]

9-10, M. W. F.

This course will concern itself with a brief consideration of the business
law essential for Engineers followed by a discussion of the personal
and ethical relations of the Engineer to his employer, the contractor and
the public. General consideration will be given to contracts and specifications
followed by a study of selected examples. The course will conclude
with a more detailed study of specifications for fundamental processes,
machinery and apparatus. The students will be required to prepare

and submit for class-room discussion specifications on subjects of their
specialized studies. (Winter.)