Topic outline

  • Social and Professional Issues in Computing

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  • Appointment in Google Calendar for Counseling and Supervising

    Counseling and Project/Thesis Discussion Hour

    Fall 2022


    • Course Details

    • Week 1: Benefits (Unwrapping the Gift)

      • Topics For Discussion:
        1. The Pace of Change.
        2. Change and Unexpected Developments.
        3. Themes.
        4. Ethics.
        Ref. A Gift of Fire – Fourth Edition (Chapter 1)

      • Week 1 Discussion Forums:
        Post replies: 1

        Please put your questions here

    • Week 2: Privacy

      • Topics For Discussion:
        1. Privacy Risks and Principles
        2. The Fourth Amendment, Expectation of Privacy, and Surveillance Technologies
        3. The Business and Social Sectors.
        4. Government Systems
        5. Protecting Privacy
        6. Technology, Markets, Rights, and Laws
        7. Communications
        Ref. A Gift of Fire – Fourth Edition (Chapter 2)


      • Week 2 Discussion Forums:
        Post replies: 1

        Please put your questions here

    • Week 3: Freedom of Speech

      • Topics For Discussion:

        1. Communications Paradigms
        2. Controlling Speech
        3. Posting, Selling, and Leaking Sensitive Material
        4. Anonymity
        5. The Global Net: Censorship and Political Freedom
        6. Net Neutrality Regulations or the Market?

        Ref. A Gift of Fire – Fourth Edition (Chapter 3)

      • Video Reference_Freedom of Speech

      • Week 3 Discussion Forums:

        Please put your questions here

    • Class Test 1

      • Class Test 1: PC-A
        Date : 10.09.2022 

      • Class Test 1: PC-B
        Date & Time: 04.09.2022 

      • Class Test 1_PC-B Quiz
        Opened: Sunday, 4 September 2022, 9:00 AM
        Closed: Sunday, 4 September 2022, 12:02 PM

      • Class Test 1: PC-C
        Date : 07.09.2022 

    • Week 4: Computer Crime

      • Topics For Discussion:

        1. Introduction
        2. Hacking
        3. Identity Theft and Credit Card Fraud
        4. Whose Laws Rule the Web?

        Ref. A Gift of Fire – Fourth Edition (Chapter 5)

      • Reference Video Link Hacking:

         

      • Video Reference_Cryptographic Currency

      • Week 4 Discussion Forums:
        View Post replies: 1 Make forum posts: 1

        Please put your questions here

    • Student Feedback

      • Assignment

        • Assignment 1_PC-B
          Opened: Monday, 19 September 2022, 12:00 AM
          Due: Monday, 10 October 2022, 12:00 AM
        • Assignment 1_PC-C
          Opened: Monday, 19 September 2022, 12:00 AM
          Due: Monday, 10 October 2022, 12:00 AM

      • Week 6: Ethics

        • Topics For Discussion:

          1. Normative vs. Descriptive Ethics
          2. Three Main Ethical Approaches
          3. Whistleblowing
          4. Dimensions of Ethics ( 3 “R’s” of Ethics)
          5. Codes of Ethics
          6. Computer Ethics


        • Video Reference_Normative Ethics

        • Week 5 Discussion Forums:

          Please put your questions here

      • Week 7: Review Week

        • Topics For Discussion:

          1. Review for the MID Term Examinations
          2. Problem solving Session

          Ref. Contents of Week 1 – Week 5

        • Week 6 Discussion Forums:

          Please put your questions here

      • Week 8 & 9: Mid Term Examination

        • Mid-Term Syllabus:

          1. Week 1: Benefits (Unwrapping the Gift)
          2. Week 2: Privacy
          3. Week 3: Freedom of Speech
          4. Week 4: Computer Crime
          5. Week 5: Ethics

      • Week 10: Intellectual Property

        • Topics For Discussion:

          1. Principles, Laws, and Cases
          2. Responses to Copyright Infringement
          3. Search Engines and Online Libraries
          4. Free Software
          5. Patents for Inventions in Software

          Ref. A Gift of Fire – Fourth Edition (Chapter 4)

        • Week 8 Discussion Forums:

          Please put your questions here

        • Ref

      • Week 11: Errors, Failures, and Risks

        • Topics For Discussion:

          1. Failures and Errors in Computer Systems
          2. Case Study: The Therac-25
          3. Increasing Reliability and Safety
          4. Dependence, Risk, and Progress

          Ref. A Gift of Fire – Fourth Edition (Chapter 8)

        • Week 9 Discussion Forums:

          Please put your questions here

      • Week 12: Professional Ethics and Responsibilities

      • Week 13: Evaluating and Controlling Technology

      • Week 14: Work and Wealth

        • Topics For Discussion:

          1. Introduction
          2. Automation and Employment
          3. Workplace Changes
          4. Globalization
          5. The Digital Divide
          6. The “Winner-Take-All Society”

          Ref. Ethics for the Information Age – Sixth Edition (Chapter 10)


        • Week 12 Discussion Forums:

          Please put your questions here

      • Week 15: Review and Discussion

        • Topics For Discussion:

          1. Review for the Final Examinations
          2. Problem-solving Session

          Ref. Contents of Week 8 – Week 12

        • Week 13 Discussion Forums:

          Please put your questions here

      • Quiz 3

        Section: PC-C

        Quiz-3 Syllabus:

        • Wk-9: Errors, failures & risks
        • Wk-10: Professional Ethics & Responsibility



        • Class Test 3 Assignment
          Opened: Wednesday, 7 December 2022, 8:30 PM
          Due: Wednesday, 7 December 2022, 9:10 PM
        • Makeup Quiz Assignment
          Opened: Sunday, 11 December 2022, 8:00 PM
          Due: Sunday, 11 December 2022, 8:40 PM

      • Week 16: Final Examination_Fall 2022

        • Final Examination Syllabus:

          1. Week 5: Ethics
          2. Week 8: Intellectual Property
          3. Week 9: Errors, Failures, and Risks
          4. Week 10: Professional Ethics and Responsibilities
          5. Week 11: Evaluating and Controlling Technology