Legal Aspects of Engineering

CIVENGR 491 covers legal aspects of engineering, including contracts, IP, and professional obligations.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Saul Glazer

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.29 GPA, 47.4% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.23 GPA, 36.4% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.27 GPA, 46.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.23 GPA, 36.4% A/AB (n=11 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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SAUL GLAZER is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction16 / 350

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.29 GPA, 47.4% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.23 GPA, 36.4% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.27 GPA, 46.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Legal principles and institutions
  • Engineer-client and owner-contractor relationships
  • Technical specifications
  • Surety bonds and insurance
  • Construction liens
  • Contract administration
  • Construction contract remedies
  • Intellectual property of engineers

Skills

  • Understand legal principles in engineering
  • Manage engineer-client and owner-contractor relationships
  • Prepare technical specifications
  • Understand surety bonds and insurance
  • Understand construction liens
  • Administer construction contracts
  • Understand construction contract remedies
  • Understand intellectual property for engineers

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CIVENGR 491 · Fall 2026

Legal Aspects of Engineering

Recorded 2026-09-07
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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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