ITEC (Impact of Technology)
The Impact of Technology (ITEC) program consists of study components Engineering Ethics, Engineering for Society and Studium Generale activities. This introduces students to normative skills that help engineers, designers and researchers to make decisions concerning ethical questions. These skills are needed e.g., to understand the complex societal context of sustainable mobility and energy systems, to deal with and to identify privacy aspects of all kinds of smart systems, or to help solve controversial health and risk issues. Students acquire insights into basic ethical concepts (such as values, risks and responsibilities) and analyze the role these concepts play in the context of the development and design of technologies.
The ITEC program consists of three compulsory parts:
| Course code | Course name | When | ECTS |
| 0LVX10 | ITEC Ethics of technology and engineering | Year 1, Quartile 4 | 5 |
| 0LVX20 | ITEC Impact of technology : engineering for society | Year 3, Quartile 3 | 5 |
| 5 ITEC activities from Studium Generale | completed before end Bachelor | none |
As part of the ITEC program you are expected to participate in at least five ITEC activities from Studium Generale. More information about these Studium Generale activities can be found here.