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  • Welcome to Social and Professional Issues in Computing Course

    WELCOME LETTER

    Dear Students

    Welcome to the Social and Professional Issue in Computing (CSE498) courses, I, Mr. Afjal H. Sarower will be your co-pilot in this online journey of learning.

    I care about your success in these courses. I'm glad you are here.

    Afjal H. Sarower
    Lecturer (Senior Lecturer)
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    Daffodil International University

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    AFJAL H. SAROWER

    Lecturer(Senior Scale), Department of CSE

    Daffodil International University

    Office: Room: 317(Desk-10), AB-4

    Email: afjal.cse@diu.edu.bd

    Phone: +8801869045878

    Facebook: facebook.com/sarower.arcane

    • Course Code: CSE 498

      Course Title: Social and Professional Issues in Computing

      Program: BSC in CSE

      Faculty: Faculty of Science and Information Technology (FSIT)

      Semester: Fall 2023

      Year: 2023

      Credit: 3     Course Hours: 3 hrs./week

      Course Level: Level 4, Term 3

      Course Category: Core

       



      Instructor : Afjal H. Sarower
      Office : Room 317, AB4 
      Offday: Thursday and friday

      Welcome Information on Social and Professional Issues in Computing Course

      • Welcome Audio
      • Listen to Course Objectives
      • Listen to Expected Outcomes
      • Listen to Course Delivery Plan
      • Some Successful Projects

    • Course Outline File

  • Online Quiz, Interactive Content and Self Assessment

  • Capstine Assessment

  • Final Examination of Fall 2023

  • Mid Term Examination of Fall 2023

  • Week 1

  • Week 2

    • Privacy Lesson

       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

      Communications

      Ref. A Gift of Fire – Fourth Edition (Chapter 2)

  • Week 3

    • Freedom of Speech Lesson

      1.    Communications Paradigms

      2.    Controlling Speech

      3.    Posting, Selling, and Leaking Sensitive Material

      4.    Anonymity

      5.    The Global Net: Censorship and Political Freedom

      Net Neutrality Regulations or the Market?

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

  • Week 4

    • Computer Crime Lesson

      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)


  • Week 5

    • Ethics Lesson

      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

       

      Ref. Handout


  • Week 6

    • Review Lesson

      1.    Review for the MID Term Examinations

      2.    Problem solving Session

       

      Ref. Contents of Week 1 – Week 6

  • Week 8

    • Intellectual Property Lesson

      1.    Principles, Laws, and Cases

      2.    Responses to Copyright Infringement

      3.    Search Engines and Online Libraries

      4.    Free Software

      Patents for Inventions in Software

      Ref. A Gift of Fire – Fourth Edition

      (Chapter 4)

  • Week 9

    • Errors, Failures, and Risks Lesson

      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 10

  • Week 11

    • Evaluating and Controlling Technology Lesson

      1.    Evaluating Information

      2.    The “Digital Divide”

      3.    Neo-Luddite Views of Computers, Technology, and Quality of Life

      4.   Making Decisions About Technology

      Ref. A Gift of Fire – Fourth Edition (Chapter 7)

  • Week 12

    • Work and Wealth Lesson

      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 13

    • Review Lesson

      1. Review for the Final Examinations 

      2. Problem solving Session

       

      Contents of Week 8 – Week 12