I thought I was just going to do light amount of work, but I was wrong. This class literally made me work the most. More than CS M51A. It was because of all the lengthy essay, giant group project, and really really dumb exams. About Weltman, he teached really dull. His voice made actually a lot of people sleep through his class. Even if you snored really loudly at the back of the class, Weltman would not be able to hear. This class sucks, just another excess amount of writing class.

Honestly i liked this class a lot :). I went lecture and learned a lot about the present issues like overpopulation, environment, laws, history etc. I enjoyed the lecture taught by professor Weltman. It's even more convient because he post lecture online. This class give you knowledge in different field like history, war, environments, ethical knowledge, laws.... etc. Many different fields crambled in one course

The class itself is pretty good, there are a lot of writing things but not that bad. The only thing I'd complain abt is, it was the WALL STREET guys and/or politicians made this world miserable, not our nerdy software engineers. Why do engineering students need to take an ethics class, even if ethics is necessary, why not let these future businessmen do?

Prof. Weltman is very nice and teaches well, giving nicely organized lectures with powerpoint slides available for download. The class (ENGR 183) is not too demanding, although a lot of writing is required. Overall, I like the professor and the class.

Class was alright. I found some of the topics interesting so not too boring overall, but lectures are all powerpoints. Tests were all open everything with generous time limits, so it was easy to find what you needed in the book as you took it. There are two essays which are both pretty long, but they're not graded too harshly and aren't that difficult to write.

Gershon Weltman and Donald Browne "co-teach" this class during the summer. Lecture is interminable sometimes, but lucky me, I got to watch it on 1.5x speed!
Lecture is for ethics (case studies, formal ethical theory, industry specifics, etc.), discussion is for writing (how-to, assignment details, peer reviews, style guides, etc.). Prof uses slides which are great for referencing and studying during exam season. Two major essays, one on the tragedy of the commons and one on an ethical case study (I chose the I85 bridge collapse). Pretty easy to swing an A IMO if you study and attend discussion/TA meetings to improve your paper before submission.

The contents of this class were super interesting, but I feel like it wasn't worth spending a whole quarter on the subject. The writing portion was mildly annoying since we had to submit either a draft or a paper every 2-3 weeks. My TA, Ryan, was super nice and helpful on reviewing our papers, and the professor also gave great lectures. Overall, I would recommend taking this class with this professor, given that engineering writing is a degree requirement.

Engineering 183EW was more interesting than I expected it to be. I learned about major ethical theories, history topics, and other concepts that are interesting to learn about.

Weltman teaches most of the lectures and Dr. Browne teaches two case study lectures before the midterm. I recommend going to all classes to not miss important topics. For the midterm and final, I went over ALL the lectures (I rewrote them, which is time-consuming, but it is my style) as well as the types notes I made on the book chapters. For the midterm, we got tested on Chapters 1-5 in the ethics textbook and for the final, we got tested on Chapters 3 and 6-10. Unlike what other people believe, just going over the gray boxes is NOT enough. You should try to also go over the italicized sections (e.g., major types of fallacies), which are not in gray boxes. This will make sense when you take the class. Also, if you are a good writer, then the essays will be time-consuming but nothing impossible or too stressful. PLEASE try to do the best first draft you can so that the final version of your two individual papers involves less work and therefore less tress. The team paper is time-consuming, so it is essential to communicate with your team members effectively and to ensure that everyone does his/her own part with a solid effort. Also, Dr. Browne is in charge of the administrative details of this class, NOT Weltman, so email Dr. Browne if you have any questions about changing discussion sections, etc. For the 8 AM lectures, there was not a sign in sheet on the first day of class, and Dr. Browne did not include one either. What I don't get is why there even is a sign in sheet to begin with. You also use an online UCLA poll in lecture to answer questions in many classes. Couldn't this be a way of ensuring attendance, thus rendering the sign-in sheet moot? Maybe there's something I'm missing, but hopefully the professors can address this in a future class.

Overall, I did like a lot of the things that I learned, and just try to stay on top of your work both in lecture and discussion. Do NOT procrastinate, and you should be in good shape.

This class is one of the most useless classes you will take at UCLA. I'm surprised HSSEAS still requires it. While you do learn an "ethical perspective," the professor's opinions and past career experience really shine through and impact the supposedly objective material taught. You are recommended to purchase the textbook because 5% of your exams are the optional textbook quizzes. Unfortunately, the textbook is not free and suspiciously enough is written by the professor himself. I felt like I was paying the professor for a grade boost. The lectures effectively copy from the textbook, provide little new insight than a high school history class, and have minimal relation to the class essays. The first essay takes over 6 weeks to complete while you only have 3 weeks to complete the second essay. In addition, the professor re-introduced a complete waste of time class project that supposedly builds teamwork skills. This took way too much time to complete and felt completely unrelated to the class. They also required a recorded team presentation to be viewed only by the TAs which was an even bigger waste of time. The professor and Professor Browne hardly helped with the assignments. It felt like the TAs were in charge the whole quarter. The tests were equally useless. Questions typically involved meaningless factoids that the professor writes about in his book. They ask you questions about quotes, random historical events, and random statistics. Even more infuriating is the insertion of questions with answers that reflect the professor's opinions on the subject. I received points off on my final due to these questions. Unfortunately, you have to take this class, so I recommend preparing yourself to be subject to an insane and cramped workload with no help from the Professors. Once you accept that you will learn nothing useful, the class becomes way easier to take.

Professor Weltman gave a very biased view on ethics, US politics, and global politics.
He shared his Zionist, Eurocentric views to give examples of lethal autonomous weapons and the majority of the class was military propaganda. He truly glorified US's engagement in war and never criticized it the same way he criticized the US's climate policies or gender rights.

On the several occasions that the professor mentioned the Middle East, he portrayed it as a threat (pictures of suicide bombers and terrorists), and emphasized how the US and Israel have joint forces to combat Gaza. The content of this class in regards to global issue was severely ill-informed and it never questioned military authority or the need for war.
- A large portion of course content is about the professor's life and friends. (some exam questions too)

*In terms of workload, this class is very easy. Multiple choice exams based on the slides, and 2 10 page essays and a short presentation.

- Professor Weltman shared his OWN views on ethics and failed to question them per the ethical guidelines he taught us about.

+ He was one of the developers of a US military training software and he was proud to share that without addressing how that can be unethical and how that could have lead to the killing of many lives

Overall, it was a very ironic experience to see just how biased he was while teaching engineering ethics.

The curriculum is disappointing. Question what you are taught in this class please.