Spring 2009 CS4001 Calendar

Week 1: January 5-9th - Introduction & Example

Day Readings/Assignments Resources
Monday, Jan 5th
Wednesday, Jan 7th
Friday, Jan 9th

Week 2: January 12-16th - Arguments

Day Readings/Assignments Resources
Monday Jan 12th
  • Read: WACE: 2 Reading Arguments
Wednesday Jan 14th
Friday Jan 16th

Week 3: January 19th-23rd - Ethics

Day Readings/Assignments Resources
Monday, Jan 19th
Wednesday Jan 21st
Friday Jan 23rd

Week 4: January 26th-30th - Professional Ethics

Day Readings/Assignments Resources
Monday, Jan 26th
  • Read: ETHICS Chapter 8 (Professional Ethics)
  • Read the ACM Code of Ethics (yes, this is a repeat)
Wednesday, Jan 28th
  • HW4 (Ethical Frameworks) due!
  • Read WACE Chapter 4 - Core of an argument
  • Read WACE Chapter 14 p. 228-235 (Categorical Arguments)
  • HW5 - Term Paper Topic Proposal assigned.
Friday, Jan 30th

Week 5: February 2-6th - Information Security

Day Readings/Assignments Resources
Monday Feb 2nd
Wednesday, Feb 4th
Friday Feb 6th

Week 6: February 9th-13th - Privacy

Day Readings/Assignments Resources
Monday Feb 9th
Wednesday Feb 11th
Friday Feb 13th

Week 7: February 16-20th - Arguments & Exam 1

Day Readings/Assignments Resources
Monday Feb 16th
  • Read: WACE 6 - Using Evidence Effectively (yes, it's a repeat!)
  • Read: Robots At War
Wednesday Feb 18th
Friday, Feb 20th
  • EXAM 1
  • HW7 (Public Key Encryption) DUE by 3:05pm

Week 8: February 23rd-27th - Your Audience & Visual Arguments

Day Readings/Assignments Resources
Monday Feb 23rd
  • Read WACE 8 - Accommodating Your Audience
Wednesday, Feb 25th
Friday, Feb 27th
  • Read WACE: 10 Types of Claims

Week 9: March 2nd - 6th - Freedom of Speech & Censorship

Day Readings/Assignments Resources
Monday, March 2nd
Wednesday, March 4th
Friday, March 6th
  • No Class: Term Paper Work Day

Week 10: March 9th-13th - Computer Crime & Intellectual Property

Day Readings/Assignments Resources
Monday March 9th
Wednesday, March 11th
  • Term Paper References DUE by 3:05pm
  • Book Review assigned
  • Read ETHICS 4.1-4.5 (Intellectual Property & DRM)
Friday, March 13th
  • Read ETHICS 4.6-4.10 (P2P,IP for Software, OSS&Creative Commons)

Week 11: March 16-20th: Spring Break!

Week 12: March 23rd-27th - Impact on Society

Day Readings/Assignments Resources
Monday, March 23rd
Wednesday, March 25th
Friday, March 27th

Week 13: March 30th - April 3rd - Reliability & Responsibility

Day Readings/Assignments Resources
Monday, March 30th
Wednesday, April 1st
Friday, April 3rd

Week 14: April 6th-10th - AI, Robots, Copyright Law

Day Readings/Assignments Resources
Monday, April 6th
  • Read ETHICS 9.2.4 (pg 436-439) - Rise of the Robots
  • Read ETHICS pg 103-105 - Interview with James Moor
  • Watch the Ethical Governor video (High Quality 60mb or Low Quality (26MB)
  • Read this story about the annual Loebner Prize contest
Wednesday, April 8th
Friday, April 10th

Week 15: April 13th-17th -

Day Readings/Assignments Resources
Monday, April 13th
Wednesday, April 15th
  • EXAM 2
Friday, April 17th

Week 16: April 20th-24th -Term Paper Presentations

Day Readings/Assignments Resources
Monday, April 20th Presentations
Wednesday, April 22nd Presentations
Friday, April 24th Presentations

Final Period (Presentations): Tuesday April 28th 11:30am-2:20pm