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Instructors
Ellen W. Zegura, ewz@cc.gatech.edu
Jim Foley, jim.foley@cc.gatech.edu
Teaching Assistant
Erika Shehan, erika@cc.gatech.edu
Office hours and location: By
appointment at UPC or Onix
Course Information
Time: Tues,Weds, Thurs
11:30am-1:30pm
Location: UPC, Barcelona,
Spain
Course
Schedule (includes readings and assignments)
Course Objectives
- Explain and evaluate consequences of
computing on individuals, organizations, and society.
- Critically analyze situations of
computer use and descriptions of technology and policy proposals, identifying
the salient issues and evaluating the reasoning behind them.
- Communicate with others about
computing impacts in writing and speech.
Class participation (including
quizzes) 20%
Assignments 30%
Midterm exam 25%
Term paper 25%
- Class attendance. Class
attendance is required. Please
sign the attendance sheet each class.
If extraordinary circumstances prevent you from attending
class, please see me.
- Class
participation. A
significant part of the learning you will do in this class comes from
discussions that we will have during class time. You are expected to come to class
prepared for discussion by reading the assigned material beforehand,
as indicated on the Schedule.
You are expected and encouraged to participate fully in large
and small group discussions. You
may be asked to give a short presentation on material that we read
ahead of time or in class.
- Assignments. Assignments are due
at the beginning of class on the day they are due. Late assignments
will not be accepted without an appropriate and documented reason.
- Academic
Honesty. This class abides by the Georgia Tech Honor
Code. Unless otherwise
stated, all work is to be individual work by each student. You are encouraged to discuss the
assignments with your classmates, however you
should hand in your own work.
Acknowledgements
Professors Amy
Bruckman, Mary Jean Harrold and Colin Potts provided many of the materials
and plans for the course.
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