CS 4000: Computerization and Society - Summer 2000
Announcements
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8/7 - Class Postmortem has been posted here.
If you are a new Instructor or TA, you should look here for comments on
what worked and what didn't this semester.
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8/3 - Grades for CS4000 have been posted on Dr. Enslow's office.
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6/15 - Topic Paper 4 has been posted.
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6/8 - Topic Paper 3 has been posted.
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6/8 - Debate teams and topics are now available
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6/6 - Topic Paper 1 has been graded and is available from your TA.
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6/1 - Short topics for Week 3 are now available
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5/25 - Short topics for Week 2 are now available
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5/23 - Article summaries should use material from February 2000 to now.
Nothing older.
General Information
Class Time: TTH, 10-11:45 am,
Textbook
Spinello, Richard, Cyberethics, Jones and
Bartlett Publishers: Sudbury, MA, 2000.
CS4000A
Place: CCB Room 101
Instructor: Philip Enslow
Office: CCB 269
Office Hours: TTH 2-3
Phone: (404) 894-3187, 4-3187
email: enslow@cc.gatech.edu
Teaching Assistant
Idris Hsi, CCB 202, idris@cc.gatech.edu
Office Hours: M 10-12, T 10:45-1:00 - in cubicle or by
appt.
Phone Number: (404) 385-1101, 5-1101
CS4000B
Place: Bunger-Henry Engineering Building 457
Instructor: Mike Nelson-Palmer
Office: CCB 132
Office Hours: TTH 12-1 or by appointment
Phone: (404) 894-9105, 4-9105
email: mnpalmer@cc.gatech.edu
Teaching Assistant
Diedre Paris, diedre@cc.gatech.edu
Office Hours: TBA
Phone Number:
Grading
Starting with May 25, there will be two assignments due each week.
The first will be a summary of a news / current awareness article.
The second will be a paper based on that week's topic. Part
of your grade will also be based on your active participation in class.
Lastly, there is a debate.
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Class Participation - 25%
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Article Summaries (5) - 20%
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Topic Papers (4) - 30%
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Debate - 25%
Homework Policies
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All assignments are due no later than 2 minutes after the hour. Assignments
arriving after that are considered late.
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Late assignments will be deducted 20% per class period.
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A student failing to submit any assignment will receive an F for the course.
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Electronic submissions will not be accepted.
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Assignments failing to meet the Submission Guidelines will be considered
unacceptable and will be returned to the student for rework and resubmission
as a "Late Submission".
Class Participation
Discovery does not arise from instruction but from personal engagement
with the controversies and potentials of a computerized society.
In this class, engagement will take several forms.
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You will be expected to read and interpret the articles in the book and
the current awareness articles for yourself and others.
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You will be expected to present and persuasively defend your positions
on controversial topics both orally and in writing.
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You will be expected to critique the perspectives / opinions of both authors
and classmates in discussions and position papers.
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On any given day, you may be asked to summarize and critique readings from
the book or elsewhere for the class. On such occasions, you are invited
to refer to notes you've made in response to the readings.
Schedule
CS4000 Summer Schedule
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Day
|
Date
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Topic
|
Reading
|
Assignment Due
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| T |
5/16 |
Introduction |
|
|
| TH |
5/18 |
Introduction |
Chapter 1 |
|
| T |
5/23 |
Governance and the Law |
Chapter 2 |
|
| TH |
5/25 |
Governance and the Law |
|
Article Summary 1 |
| T |
5/30 |
Speech and Content |
Chapter 3 |
Short Topic 1 |
| TH |
6/1 |
Speech and Content |
|
Article Summary 2 |
| T |
6/6 |
No Class |
|
|
| TH |
6/8 |
No Class |
|
|
| T |
6/13 |
Intellectual Property |
Chapter 4 |
Short Topic 2 |
| TH |
6/15 |
Intellectual Property |
|
Article Summary 3 |
| T |
6/20 |
Privacy |
Chapter 5 |
Short Topic 3 |
| TH |
6/22 |
Privacy |
|
Article Summary 4 |
| T |
6/27 |
Debates: Day 1 |
|
Short Topic 4 |
| TH |
6/29 |
Debates: Day 2 |
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|
| T |
7/4 |
Holiday |
|
|
| TH |
7/6 |
Debates: Day 3 |
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|
| T |
7/11 |
Debates: Day 4 |
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|
| TH |
7/13 |
Security |
Chapter 6 |
Article Summary 5 |