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May 06, 2024
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CS 2650 - Professional and Ethical Aspects of Computing
Examines the professional, ethical, and legal issues that are likely to be encountered by computing professionals, both locally and globally. Topics include privacy, information security issues, freedom of speech, intellectual property, software licensing, regulations pertaining to computing professionals, copyright, and broader issues on the impact of computers on society. Covers professional ethics and responsibilities as well as general theories of normative ethics.
Requisites: CS 2400
Credit Hours: 2
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to illustrate an understanding of current issues dealing with intellectual property.
- Students will be able to defend an argument in an orderly fashion in a short research paper.
- Students will be able to express an understanding of issues dealing with privacy in multiple environments.
- Students will be able to apply their oral presentation skills in a presentation of an assigned topic to the rest of the class.
- Students will be able to employ their interpersonal skills to address an ethical scenario as part of a team.
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