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25. Contracts and Specifications. [Newcomb.]

9:30-10:30, 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.)