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CS 220 Syllabus
Legal and Social Issues of Computing
Discussion and other in-class activities.
Discussion, debates and written papers.
Topics for discussions, debates, and papers are generally drawn from the textbook and may include the following:
Revised: August 2008 (Bill Kreahling)
Course Description
A seminar course in which the student examines the social and ethical issues that may arise in the field of computer science. Credit hours: 1. Prerequisite: CS 151: "Problem Solving and Programming II"
Text
Sara Baase, A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet, Third Edition Pearson Education, 2008.
Grading Procedure
Grading procedures and factors influencing course grade are left to the discretion of individual instructors, subject to general university policy.
Attendance Policy
Attendance policy is left to the discretion of individual instructors, subject to general university policy.
Course Outline
Topics for discussions, debates, and papers are generally drawn from the textbook and may include the following:
- Privacy
- Encryption
- Reliability Issues
- Intellectual Property
- Freedom of Speech
- Computer Crime
- Computer and Work
- Computers and Society
- Professional Ethics