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CS3162 Professional Responsibility in CS and SE
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| Instructor: John Cole |
Section 052: Tuesday/Thursday from
8:00 AM to 8:50 AM 8-week session from January 21 to March 6, 2025 Section 051: Tuesday/Thursday from 9:00 AM to 9:50 AM 8-week session from January 21 to March 6, 2025 Section 092: Tuesday/Thursday from 8:00 AM to 8:50 AM 8-week session from March 25 to May 8, 2025 Section 091: Tuesday/Thursday from 9:00 AM to 9:50 AM 8-week session from March 25 to May 8, 2025 |
| Office and Hours | Room: FN 2.102 |
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Last update: 3/11/2025 |
| Syllabus is on Coursebook |
Schedule for Section 051 & 052 Schedule for Section 091 & 092 |
| Textbook:A Gift of Fire, Social, Legal,
and Ethical Issues for Computing 62 Pearson Publishing by Sara Baase &
Timothy M. Henry ISBN 13:978-0-13-461527-1 | |
Course DescriptionProfessional and ethical responsibilities of computer scientists and software engineers as influenced by growth in computer use and networks. Costs and benefits of computer technology. Risks and liabilities of safety-critical systems. Social implications of the Internet. Interaction between human values and technical decisions involving computing. Intellectual Property. Global impact of computing. Dangers of AI and Robots. The Singularity. Topics will vary by class and level of participation.This course involves considerable reading, not just of the textbook but papers, as well. Don't get behind in the reading, since we will have homeworks on each reading assignment, and late assignments lose credit quickly. However, most of the reading is interesting and thought-provoking, so it isn't terribly difficult, and it would be helpful if you do it before coming to class. Grading will consider how well you explain and defend an opinion, not the opinion itself. That is, I don't care which side of an argument you take as long as you then explain and defend that side well. Please check your grammar and spelling, since while this is not directly graded, sloppiness that makes your writing difficult to understand can lose you a few points. Homework will be checked with Turnitin. Papers generated by ChatGPT will likely be detected, and I will apply University rules on cheating. If you don't do your own work you're not learning. I would love for this to be an interactive class with lots of discussion, but considering that there are 170 students packed into an auditorium with no desks, just a little flip-up table, that will be limited. It will be difficult for me to answer spoken questions unless you shout. One way of dealing with this would be for you to write questions on a piece of paper, fold it into a paper airplane, and send it to the front of the room. Seriously, a good way to have some interaction will be either guided, timed discussion with the people around you or e-mailing me questions ahead of the class on a particular topic. I will take attendance and it will be part of your grade. You must attend the section for which you are registered. If you miss it, there is no recourse unless you submit a valid medical reason within one week. Don't e-mail and say, "But I was there." With a total of 340 students per 8-week term I cannot handle such requests. The same goes for late homework. Being sick the day it was due is a poor excuse, since that means you didn't start until the last minute. I will use discretion, of course, but all of you are equal before the law. | |
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