Schedule for CSCI 494 Social and Ethical Issues in Computing
Spring 2008

As of January 31.

Date Reading    
Jan 17   Introductory matters  
24 ch 2, [Lam88],
app A, [AJGP93]
Professions, Responsibilities
(Sign up for leading class discussion.)
 
31 ch 6, ch 1, [Pos90] Concepts
(Book selection by 4:00 p.m. on Feb 4.)
 
Feb 7 ch 9*, ch 8 Property         (Essay 1)
Unauthorized use, abuse, and vicious programs
 
14 [Man98], [Bar93], [Sta97], [Tou01] Intellectual property A: Briggs, Powell
21 ch 5, [And01], [Nis01], [Web02] Power and wealth         (Essay 2)  
28 TBD Voting  
Mar 6 [Rac75], [Ber00], [Les01] Privacy         (Essay 3)
Privacy and commercial interests.
B: Hayward, Niehls
Spring break    
20 TBD Privacy and government. C: Fulton, Niehls
27 ch 3, ch 12* (Book reviews due 1:00 p.m. on Tues., Mar 25)
Community
 
Apr 3   Discuss/present book reviews.  
10 [Joy00],[Tal95], ch 4 Persons D: Briggs, Fulton
17 ch 10 (Revised book review due.) E: Hayward, Powell
24 [Hoa81], [Tho84],
[Wei95]
Responsibilities, revisited  
May 1   Presentation and discussion of your final papers.  
TBD [Bas98], [Buc99] (Final paper and last essay due.)
Final thoughts.
 


In all but two cases, you should read the entire chapter.
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