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ENGR 186WEthics for Computer Scientists

Engineering · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Students are equipped to understand ethical challenges in contemporary computer technology. Examination of the impact of technologies and their alignment or misalignment with societal values. Exploration of the ramifications of technology on core ethical principles, encompassing agency, responsibility, and privacy. Students draft 15-20 pages of revised prose and complete informal writing assignments. May be repeated once for credit. Satisfies Writing II requirement.

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Requisite: English Composition 3.

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  • ENGCOMP 3
  • ENGCOMP 3D
  • ENGCOMP 3DX
  • ENGCOMP 3E

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ENGR 186W

  • ENGCOMP 3English Composition, Rhetoric, and Language
    • ENGCOMP 2Approaches to University Writing
    • ENGCOMP 2IApproaches to University Writing for Multilingual Students
      • ENGCOMP 1BHigh-Intermediate Composition for Multilingual Students1 more beneath
  • ENGCOMP 3DEnglish Composition, Rhetoric, and Language
    • ENGCOMP 2Approaches to University Writinganother path to it
    • ENGCOMP 2IApproaches to University Writing for Multilingual Studentsanother path to it
  • ENGCOMP 3DXEnglish Composition, Rhetoric, and Language (Service Learning)
    • ENGCOMP 2Approaches to University Writinganother path to it
    • ENGCOMP 2IApproaches to University Writing for Multilingual Studentsanother path to it
  • ENGCOMP 3EEnglish Composition, Rhetoric, and Language For Engineers
    • ENGCOMP 2Approaches to University Writinganother path to it
    • ENGCOMP 2IApproaches to University Writing for Multilingual Studentsanother path to it

4 direct requisites. Showing 13 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.