Department of Social Sciences

Courses in General Studies

• SS-770 Computers, Society, and Human Values

  3 class hours  3 credits 

  Prerequisite: BE-122 (or 226), or satisfactory score

  on the CUNY/ACT Assessment Test, and one course

  in computer literacy, computer science, or computer

  programming.

A consideration of the impact computers have on society, emphasizing the effects on values produced by computerization and the responsibilities that computer professionals have. Topics include: the process of ethical decision making, privacy and confidentiality, computer crime, harassment, personal identification, checking honesty, mechanization, data secrecy, "computer" errors, computer decisions, proprietary rights, computer modeling, technological dependence, and professional codes.

Not being offered this semester.