Caftori's cs-310I-01 Computer Ethics

CS-310I Computer Ethics

Taught by Netiva Caftori

Office: CLS 3025; tel: 773/ 442-4718May not be up to date

In preparation for your computer career:)

Tentative Course Schedule
CS-310I-Ethics Tuesday Thursday
1 Aug. 31st Introduction. Create your home page.
Check Blackboard
September 2nd Roger Gilman - guest appearance
Read ch 4: Cyber History and Cyber Etiquette
2 9/7/04 Turn in your story about reverse engineering. Read the ACM code of ethics.
Guest reappearance
9/9/04 Read ch. 1: Ethics
Guest reappearance
3 9/14 Discuss readings. 9/16 Read ch. 2: The Roots of Ethics.
4 9/21 Read ch. 3: Decision making and professionalism 9/23 Discuss ch. 3
5 9/28 Read ch. 5: Computer Crime and infowar 9/30 More chapter 5: Copyright
6 October 5th Review for paper 1 10/7 Turn in First paper.
7 10/12Discuss papers 10/14Chapter 6: Information, Privacy and the Law.
8 10/19Field trip 10/21Discuss ch. 6
9 10/26 The Case of the Killer Robot 10/28 Discussions
10 November 2nd Review 11/4 Paper 2 due
11 11/11 Read ch. 7: Risk, Reliability, AI, and the Future 11/13 Catch up on your work
12 11/18 More discussions 11/20Chapter 8: E-commerce and business ethics
13 11/25/04 1st presentation 11/27 ThanksGiving
14 December 2nd Project presentation 12/4/04 Read ch. 9: Social issues.
15 12/9 Student project 12/11 Last day. Discussions.

Cs-310I meets in FA104 on Tues.-Thurs. at 10:50 am - 12:05 pm.

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Grading philosophy

2 papers will count for 20% of your grade.

Blackboard discussion 15 %.

Weekly summaries of readings 30%.

Final presentation will count for 25% of your grade.

Participation in class/group discussion will count for 10%.


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Revised on 8/4/04