Course Rationale
Social and
Professional Issues in Computing course is a theory course that deals with
different issues related to both social and professional life. Hence, this course will deal with different computing issues i.e. privacy, social
engineering, crime, hacking, and freedom of speech issues, and so on.
Furthermore, throughout the course we will focus on various professional issues
like intellectual property, ethics and professional ethics, human vs computer,
trusting computer etc. Besides, different social and international issues will
also be discussed in this course.
Course Objective
The course aims to
give students knowledge and understanding about the implications and impact of
the technology. Students will learn about the ethics regarding the
dissemination of sensitive information. The concerns regarding the usage of
social media in the workplace and plagiarism will be discussed in this
course. Also will get an idea about hacking by governments and vice versa.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO's)
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CLO1
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Understanding the implications, impacts and benefits of the modern
technology.
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CLO2
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Understanding and application of freedom of speech, offensive or
hate speech and censorship, spam, anonymity.
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CLO3
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To know the different types of computer crime, the reason of
computer crime and way of protecting them, privacy risks, privacy and
computer technology, different privacy policies and to understand the code of
ethics, different ethics type, professional ethics and their guidelines.
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CLO4
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To learn about intellectual property such as copyright,
patent, trademark and trade secret and how to use them.
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CLO5
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To know the error, risks and failures occurred from the system
development and to learn do’s and don’ts in work life.
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