COMPUTERS, ETHICS,  SOCIETY, and HUMAN VALUES

SPRING 2015            COURSE SCHEDULE /CALENDAR             SPRING 2015

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COMPUTERS,  ETHICS  SOCIETY and HUMAN VALUES

Spring 2015       EVENTS   AND DATES         PHI 301 Spring 2015           

         MODULE  TOPICS  

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Written Assignment

Orientation and Training 1-26-15 1-28-15 Course Orientation 1-28-15

 Orientation Assignment

1. Introduction 1-28-15 2-1-15 Online text Chapter 1 2-1-15

Assignment #1

2. Computers and Ethics 2-2-15 2-8-15 Online text Chapter  2 2-8-15 Assignment #2
3. Ethics 2-9-15 3-1-15 Online text Chapter  3 3-1-15 Assignment  #3
4. Law: Free Speech and Censorship 3-2-15 3-8-15 Online text Chapter  4 3-8-15 Assignment #4
5. Intellectual Property 3-9-15 3-15-15 Online text Chapter  5 3-15-15 Assignment #5
6. Privacy 3-16-15 3-22-15 Online text Chapter  6 3-22-15 Assignment #6
7. Secrecy and Security 3-23-15 3-29-15

Online text Chapter  7

3-29-15 Assignment  #7

Mid Course Evaluations and Changes

3-30-15 4-6-15

Discussions on how well the course is going.

4-6-15 No written assignment, only optional discussions !
9. Crime 4-7-15 4-12-15 Online text Chapter  8 4-12-15 Assignment  #8
10. Information Technology  Accountability 4-13-15 4-19-15 Online text Chapter  9 4-19-15 Assignment  #9
11. Computing and Information Technology as Professions and Professional Codes 4-20-15 4-26-15 Online text Chapter  10 4-26-15 Assignment #10
12. Social Change 4-27-15 5-3-15 Online text Chapter  11 5-3-15 Assignment  #11
13. Political Change 5-4-15 5-10-15 Online text Chapter  12 5-10-15 Assignment  #12
14. Artificial Intelligence: Computers and Being Human 5-11-15 5-17-15 Online text Chapter  13 5-17-15 Assignment  #13
15. Culminating Activity   Course Evaluation 5-18-15 5-20-15 Course Evaluation : Mod 5-20-15 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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