MAPA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

VISION
Mapa shall be among the best universities in the world.
MISSION
a.
b.
c.

The Institute shall provide a learning environment in order for its students to acquire the attributes that will make them
globally competitive.
The Institute shall engage in economically viable research, development, and innovation.
The Institute shall provide state-of-the-art solutions to problems of industries and communities.
PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
1.
2.

3.
4.

5.
6.

Within the five years after graduation, the graduates of Electronics Engineering
program shall have undertaken, singly or in teams, projects that show ability to
solve complex engineering problems.
Within the five years after graduation, the graduates of Electronics Engineering
program shall have had substantial involvement in projects that take into
consideration safety, healh, environmental concerns and the public welfare, partly
through adherence to required codes and laws.
Within the five years after graduation, the graduates of Electronics Engineering
program shall have demonstrated professional success via promotions and/or
positions of increasing responsibility.
Within the five years after graduation, the graduates of Electronics Engineering
program shall have demonstrated life-long learning via progress toward
completion of an advanced degree, professional development/continuing
education courses, or industrial training courses.
Within the five years after graduation, the graduates of Electronics Engineering
program shall have exhibited professional behavior and attitude in engineering
practice.
Within the five years after graduation, the graduates of Electronics Engineering
program shall have initiated and implemented actions toward the improvement of
engineering practice.

MISSION
b
c

COURSE SYLLABUS
1.

Course Code:

ECE70

2.

Course Title:

ECE LAWS, CODES AND STANDARDS

3.

Pre-requisite:

None

4.

Co-requisite:

None

5.

Credit:

6.

Course Description:
This course deals with the study of various laws, codes, ethics, and standards in the practice of the
electronics and communications engineering profession. Credit: 3 units. Prerequisite: 4TH YEAR
STANDING.

7.

Student Outcomes and Relationship to Program Educational Objectives

Student Outcomes
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

An ability to apply knowledge of

mathematics science and engineering
An ability to design and conduct
experiments as well as to analyze and
interpret data
An ability to design a system component or
process to meet desired needs
An ability to function on multi-disciplinary

Course Title:
ECE LAWS, CODES AND STANDARDS

Date
Effectivity:
1ST Quarter
SY 20152016

Program Educational Objectives

2
3
4
5

Date
Revised:
3RD Quarter
SY 20142015

Prepared By:

Approved By:

jbcardenas

jbgibarra

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temas
An ability to identify formulate and solve
engineering problems
An understanding of professional and ethical
responsibilities
An ability to communicate effectively
The broad education necessary to
understand the impact of engineering
solutions in a global and societal context
A recognition of the need for and an ability to
engage in life-long learning
A knowledge of contemporary issues
An ability to use the techniques skills and
modern engineering tools necessary for
engineering practice
A knowledge and understanding of
engineering and management principles as
a member and leader of a team to manage
projects
and
in
multi-disciplinary
environments

(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)

(l)

8.

Course Outcomes (COs) and Relationship to Student Outcomes

Course Outcomes
After completing the course, the student must be able to:
1. Understand and demonstrate ability to explain the
concepts of Law, Contract, and Obligation, as well as the
Code of Ethics as they pertain to the practice of the ECE
profession
2. Know and understand the various laws and regulations
pertaining to ECE, telecommunication, broadcast, radio
operations, electronic transactions and ECE related
intellectual property, and also key ECE codes and
standards
3. Understand impact of corporation, IP, civil, commercial including global procurement, laws to the engineering
profession, and identify and demonstrate ability to
resolve issues of merger of rights, conflict of interests,
safety, engineering tradeoffs, risks and confidentiality.
4. Identify, analyze and formulate alternative solutions to
ethics-, obligation- and contracts-related problems and
cases and then find optimal solution; demonstrate oral
and written skills, correctly (lawful, ethical), clearly,
critically and logically used and properly referenced
during such case analysis.
* Level: I- Introduced, R- Reinforced, D- Demonstrated
9.

Student Outcomes*
c d e f g h i

D D D

D D

D D D

Course Coverage
Week
1-4

COURSE
OUTCOMES

TOPIC

TLA
Student class
presentations

Orientation and Introduction to

Course
Discussion of Mission Vision class
policies course works TLAs
assessment schedules groupings;
overview on student-centered
learning and eclectic approaches to
be use in the course; Introduction to
Laws, Corporate (commercial)Codes
and Civil Codes

Course Title:
ECE LAWS, CODES AND STANDARDS

Date
Effectivity:
1ST Quarter
SY 20152016

Date
Revised:
3RD Quarter
SY 20142015

AT

(Extra-class room
and off-premise
individual research,
group/team
brainstorming and
student delivered
lecture)

Prepared By:

Approved By:

jbcardenas

jbgibarra

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Week
5

COURSE
OUTCOMES
CO1, CO2,
CO3, CO4

TOPIC

TLA

AT
Case Study
Report 3 (Cases

Presentation of Research
Various ECE related Laws (including
IP) Standards and Ethics

6-8

CO1, CO2,
CO3, CO4

Case analysis
Obligations Ethics Codes Standards

9 - 10

CO1, CO2,
CO3, CO4

on contracts including
Eng Economy
salvage value,
interest payments)

Group
Presentation
(Group presentation
thru role play,
movies, animation,
focused interactive
discussions, group
participations,
lectures etc...)

Case Study

Case Analysis

(Same as above)

Case analysis contracts,

procurement, IP, Ethics

Case Study
Report(Obligation
Ethics cases)

Exam(Obligation,
Ethics, Standards,
Phil Radio Laws)

Exam 2
(Contracts,
Intellectual
Properties, Global
Procurement
Practices, Negotiable
Instruments)

Reaction Paper
2 (Multimodal
reaction paper on
case presented,
critical and relevant
class participation
thru questions during
presentation of cases)

11

Final
Exam(Computer/we

CO1, CO2,
CO3, CO4

b based Final Exams)

Portfolio(Course
portfolio, selfassessment, answers
to ABET-derived
questions, web based
sample course
lectures, movie, etc..)

10.

Lifelong-Learning Opportunities

11.

Student will learn on their own then share it with classmates the current issues and acceptable
practices of legal and ethical aspects in the field of ECE profession
Course work 3 (research) will give the students the knowledge they need in understanding the general
laws (including commercial and IP) and their application and effects to ECE profession, and inculcate
the awareness that updates are needed
Contribution of Course to Meeting the Professional Component
Engineering topics - 60%
General education - 40%

12.

Textbook
Obligation and Contracts, Deleon, 2014

13.

Course Evaluation
Student performance will be rated based on the following:
Assessment Tasks
CO 1

Case Study Report

Case Study Report 3
Exam
Exam 2

Course Title:
ECE LAWS, CODES AND STANDARDS

Date
Effectivity:
1ST Quarter
SY 20152016

Weight
2.5%
2.5%
3.75%
3.75%
Date
Revised:
3RD Quarter
SY 20142015

Minimum Average for

Satisfactory
Performance
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
Prepared By:

Approved By:

jbcardenas

jbgibarra

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CO 2

CO 3

CO 4

Final Exam
Portfolio
Reaction Paper 2
Case Study Report
Case Study Report 3
Exam
Exam 2
Final Exam
Portfolio
Reaction Paper 2
Case Study Report
Case Study Report 3
Exam
Exam 2
Final Exam
Portfolio
Reaction Paper 2
Case Study Report
Case Study Report 3
Exam
Exam 2
Final Exam
Portfolio
Reaction Paper 2
TOTAL

7.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
3.75%
3.75%
7.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
3.75%
3.75%
7.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
2.5%
3.75%
3.75%
7.5%
2.5%
2.5%
100.00%

70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%
70.00%

The final grades will correspond to the weighted average scores shown below
Average

Grade

Average

Grade

0 - 69.99

5.00

83.00 - 86.99

2.00

70.00 - 71.99

3.00

87.00 - 90.99

1.75

72.00 - 74.99

2.75

91.00 - 93.99

1.50

75.00 - 77.99

2.50

94.00 - 95.99

1.25

78.00 - 82.99

2.25

96.00 - 100.00

1.00

13.1.

Other Course Policies

a. Cheating
Cheating during exams, and other forms of academic dishonesty; depending on severity and
frequency of offense will get a zero for the course work, failure for the course, or
recommendation for expulsion
b. Absences
Must not exceed 20% of regular class meetings; must meet minimum participation requirement
in Q&A segment of the case analysis
c. Finals
Failure to take Finals w/o valid excuse could result to failing the course
d. Class presentations
Extra bonus points for out-of-the box, novel and creative presentations beyond the traditional
power point show
e. Written case analysis
Extra bonus points for multi-modal and if supplemented with additional research (properly cited)

14.

Other References
14.1.

Books
Comments to Obligation and Contracts, Deleon 2008
Obligation and Contracts, Torres, 2007
Phil and International Radio Laws and Regulation, Payumo, 2006

Course Title:
ECE LAWS, CODES AND STANDARDS

Date
Effectivity:
1ST Quarter
SY 20152016

Date
Revised:
3RD Quarter
SY 20142015

Prepared By:

Approved By:

jbcardenas

jbgibarra

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Specification and Contracts, Fajardo, 1999

Engineering Design Process, Haik and Shanin
14.2.

Others
IECEP draft of ECE Code of Ethics; various Engineering Codes of Ethics
TIA/EIA,WARC,IEEE,ARL ect... various relevant codes and standards

15.

Course Materials
15.1.
15.1.
15.1.

16.

Course policies, goals, instructional objectives, schedules, reporting topics, supplemental lecture
materials, etc.. available online thru instructor's yahoogroup site,
Facebook/Moodle/Blackboard/other sites.
Oral assessment reports (or posted online) of reports and exams
Previous terms' students' portfolios

Committee Members
BALBIN, JESSIE (RODIEL)
CARDENAS, JOSE (B)
EVANGELISTA, RANDALL (AMORSOLO)

Course Title:
ECE LAWS, CODES AND STANDARDS

Date
Effectivity:
1ST Quarter
SY 20152016

Date
Revised:
3RD Quarter
SY 20142015

Prepared By:

Approved By:

jbcardenas

jbgibarra

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