COMPUTERS, ETHICS,  SOCIETY, and HUMAN VALUES

SPRING 2014             COURSE SCHEDULE /CALENDAR             SPRING 2014

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COMPUTERS,  ETHICS  SOCIETY and HUMAN VALUES

Spring 2014       EVENTS   AND DATES         PHI 301 Spring 2014           

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Written Assignment
Orientation and Training 1-26-14 1-28-14 Course Orientation 1-28-14

 Orientation Assignment
1. Introduction 1-28-14 2-2-14 Online text Chapter 1 2-2-14

Assignment #1
2. Computers and Ethics 2-3-14 2-9-14 Online text Chapter  2 2-9-14 Assignment #2
3. Ethics 2-10-14 3-2-14 Online text Chapter  3 3-2-14 Assignment  #3
4. Law: Free Speech and Censorship 3-3-14 3-9-14 Online text Chapter  4 3-9-14 Assignment #4
5. Intellectual Property 3-10-14 3-16-14 Online text Chapter  5 3-16-14 Assignment #5
6. Privacy 3-17-14 3-23-14 Online text Chapter  6 3-23-14 Assignment #6
7. Secrecy and Security 3-24-14 3-30-14

Online text Chapter  7

 3-30-14 Assignment  #7

Mid Course Evaluations and Changes

 3-31-14 4-6-14

Discussions on how well the course is going.

 4-6-14 No written assignment, only optional discussions !
9. Crime 4-7-14 4-13-14 Online text Chapter  8 4-13-14 Assignment  #8
10. Information Technology  Accountability 4-14-14 4-20-14 Online text Chapter  9 4-20-14 Assignment  #9
11. Computing and Information Technology as Professions and Professional Codes 4-21-14 4-27-14 Online text Chapter  10 4-27-14 Assignment #10
12. Social Change 4-28-14 5-4-14 Online text Chapter  11 5-4-14 Assignment  #11
13. Political Change 5-5-14 5-11-14 Online text Chapter  12 5-11-14 Assignment  #12
14. Artificial Intelligence: Computers and Being Human 5-12-14 5-18-14 Online text Chapter  13 5-18-14 Assignment  #13
15. Culminating Activity   Course Evaluation 5-19-14 5-23-14 Course Evaluation : Mod 5-23-14 BONUS Assignment BONUS
READINGS are listed by chapter (ch) in an Online Textbook provided to you FREE.  You are to read and do research by means of a computer in the Library, home, workplace  or any facility with computers with internet access !

Written Assignments may be submitted by email.

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Computers, Information Systems ,Ethics, Society and Human Values  Online Textbook

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