Week | Date | Topic | Readings | Assignment Due |
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1 | 8/21 | Welcome & Overview | ||
8/23 | Case Study: Therac-25 | "Medical Devices: The Therac-25" by Nancy Leveson | ||
2 | 8/28 | Reading Arguments | WA 1 & 2 | |
8/30 | Utilitarianism | Baase 10.1 | ||
3 | 9/4 | Deontology & Social Contract Theory | Reading the Argument of a Current Article | |
9/6 | Stakeholder Analysis & Virtue Ethics |
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Please come to class with a short quote from one of the readings that you find interesting. | |
4 | 9/11 | Writing Arguments | WA 3 | |
9/13 | Professional Ethics | GF 10.2, 10.3, Appendix A Article "Using the New ACM Code of Ethics in Decision Making" by Anderson et al (electronic reserve) |
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5 | 9/18 | Privacy | GF 2 | Applying Ethical Frameworks to a Dilemma |
9/20 | Privacy, continued |
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6 | 9/25 | The Patriot Act, FISA, and the Protect America Act | Read articles online and see if you can figure out what The Patriot Act, The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and the Protect America Act provide for | |
9/27 | Structure of Argument | WA 4 & 5 | ||
7 | 10/2 | Discussion of Term Paper Proposals | Come to class prepared to tell everyone about your term paper topic. | |
10/4 | Midterm | |||
8 | 10/9 | Fall Break |
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10/11 | Case Studies in Using Evidence: The Cholera Epidemic & The Challenger Disaster | Tufte Visual and Statistical Thinking | ||
9 | 10/16 | Using Evidence | WA 6 | Term Paper Outline |
10/18 | Freedom of Speech Online | GF 5 | ||
10 | 10/23 | Intellectual Property | GF 6 | |
10/25 | Software as Intellectual Property | |||
11 | 10/30 | Writing for an Audience | WA 7 & 8 | |
11/1 | Privacy & Security for Kids & Teens Online |
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12 | 11/6 | Computers and Work |
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11/8 | Term Paper Presentations |
Term Papers | ||
13 | 11/13 | Term Paper Presentations | ||
11/15 | Term Paper Presentations | |||
14 | 11/20 |
Happy Thanksgiving! (no class) |
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11/22 | Happy Thanksgiving! |
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15 | 11/27 | Broader Issues & Globalization | GF 9 | |
11/29 | Internet Censorship in China & Other Nations | Wikipedia article on Internet Censorship in China | ||
16 | 12/4 | The Power of Simulation | Sedutions of Sim by Paul Starr | |
12/6 | Final Exam Review | Revised Term Papers (optional) |
Readings and assignments are subject to change.