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CNE400: Writing Assignment #10

It is now five years from when you graduated.  You have, like most of your peers, been appointed to a management position in your organization (whether governmental, private industry, or NGO).  Write a one-page op-ed for your local newspaper talking about what you wish you’d learned in university, and offering a few ideas about what your professors could have taught you that would have been more useful. No references required for this paper.

CNE 400: Writing Assignment #9

One page essay on how science fiction impacts and shapes the development of future technologies, using Old Man’s War as an example.

CNE 400: Assessment #3:

Panama Canal Case Study

For the case study, students will prepare an assessment of between 1100 and 1200 words of text, 1.5 spaced. Each case study should have a separate bibliography including at least 2 references beyond lecture material, using APA format. Bibliography does not count towards word count.  Each assessment should have:

1. Title
2. Topic sentence (a single sentence or two which summarize the student’s understanding of the situation, the actions taken by the consulting engineer, and lessons learned)
3. Situation assessment (What was the factual situation on the ground? What were the main challenges? What role could, and should, the consulting engineer play? What ESEM principles are present?)
4. Lessons learned (this should include not just the lessons learned by the consulting engineer as expressed in the case study, but the lessons learned by the student looking at the case study as a whole)

CNE 400: Writing Assignment #8

Write a one-page movie review discussing the implications of emerging technologies, from robotics and genetics to ICT, for human identity and the idea of what “human” means, using The Blade Runner as the example.  Use style appropriate for a blog – that is, less formal than an academic essay – and, since it is a movie review, remember to give it the appropriate number of thumbs up or thumbs down at the end of your review. No references are required for this informal essay.

CNE 400: Writing Assignment #7

One page essay on film as method for presenting integrated vision of future technologies in a social, cultural and economic context, using The Matrix as an example.

Please cite the Matrix (1999) and at least one more citation to support your essay to receive credit for the citation points.

CNE 400: Assessment #2: Dubai Case Study

For the case study, students will prepare an assessment of between 1100 and 1200 words of text, 1.5 spaced. Each case study should have a separate bibliography including at least 2 references beyond lecture material, using APA format. Bibliography does not count towards word count.  Each assessment should have:

1. Title
2. Topic sentence (a single sentence or two which summarize the student’s understanding of the situation, the actions taken by the consulting engineer, and lessons learned)
3. Situation assessment (What was the factual situation on the ground? What were the main challenges? What role could, and should, the consulting engineer play? What ESEM principles are present?)
4. Lessons learned (this should include not just the lessons learned by the consulting engineer as expressed in the case study, but the lessons learned by the student looking at the case study as a whole)

CNE 400:Writing Assignment #6

Due by 4:30 PM

What assumptions around the way technology and humans relate to each other are embedded in The Matrix?  Do you agree with them or not?  Justify your answer.

CNE400: Writing Assignment #5

Due by 4:30 PM

Pick an ESEM principle and write a one page essay on it applying it to one of the topics covered in class to date. 

CNE 400: Writing Assignment #4

Due by 4:30 PM

One page essay on the definition of technology, taking into consideration the relationship of technology to culture and human interaction with the physical environment. 

CNE 400

Writing Assignment #3

Due by 4:30 PM

One page essay answering the question: what is the difference between science and faith, using environmental science as the example.  The last paragraph should explain why understanding this difference is important to ESEM.