1. Instructor information
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Instructor name: NGUYỄN THÀNH TRUNG Email: trungnt@uit.edu.vn
Phone: Cell phone: 0918342240
Office: Km20 Ha Noi Highway, Office hours:
Linh Trung, Thủ Đức, TP. HCM
2. Class room
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Main class room (campus): UIT Auditorium
Online classroom (website): www.cttt/cs4883/Spring2011
Class meeting time: Wed 8:00 – 9:30, Fri 8:00 – 9:30, weekly
Library hours (where): Sat 8:00- 10:00, AEP-Library.
3. Course information
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Course Prerequisites:
Senior standing
Catalog Description:
One and half hour lecture. Study of major social and ethical issues in computing, including history of computing, impact of computers on society, and the
computer professional's code of ethics.
Course Goals:
This course is intended to;
· Investigate the current and future political and economic impact of information technology on us as individuals and as citizens.
· Demystify information technology by providing basic technical exposure to computers, the internet, and the World Wide Web so that students feel
comfortable both in using information technology in their daily lives and in evaluating basic claims about new technology.
· Prepare students who so desire to go on comfortably to courses and further self study dealing with information technology and introductory programming.
4. Book and materials
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Required Text:
Michael J. Quinn, Ethics for the Information Age (4th edition),
Pearson/Addison Wesley, Boston, MA, 2011.
5. Covered Topics
1. Beginning
2. Privacy
3. Fredom of Speech
4. Intellectual Property
5. Crime
6. Work
7. Evaluating and Controlling Technology
8. Errors, Failures, and Risks
9. Professional Ethics and Responsibilities
6. Course requirements
:
By your senior year, you, as an emergent computer professional, should have developed enough of an understanding of and identification with your field to
understand and accept its code of ethics. This course will be taught mostly by you and your fellow students, as a seminar. In the seminar environment, we
hope that you will try to thrash out these important social issues yourself, justifying to yourself and internalizing the ethical attitudes of responsible
members of your chosen profession. This course will require you to present formal oral presentations, write short papers, and participate in informal
weekly discussions. For the final exam you will write a case study paper. The goal of these assignments is to help you consider important ethical
dimensions of computing, as you move from the protected academic environment to the real world of your first professional full-time employment after
graduation.
Oral Presentation:
Each student will make a ~20-minute oral presentation to the class during the semester, and will then lead the class discussion on this topic for the rest
of the class session. This presentation will be concerned with one of the sub-areas under discussion on the day of his or her oral presentation and should
consist of a summary of and introduction to the material being discussed.
Students will be assigned a topic from those listed in the course outline. Students will research their topics, take notes, outline their talk, and prepare
a presentation using visual aids such as slides. On the scheduled date, each student will deliver their talk, and then lead the discussion during the rest
of the class. Students will turn in their slides after their talk.
You will be graded on the depth and originality of your analysis of the topic; the number and quality of your bibliographic citations; the organization,
clarity, and persuasiveness of your class presentation; the effectiveness of your visual aids, and how appropriately you use your time.
Papers:
Each student will write 6 short (~500 words) papers on various topics that arise during the class discussion. These papers will express your personal
position regarding a computer ethics topic. Each paper should include (1) a clear statement of your opinion, (2) a well-reasoned discussion of the factors
involved in the issue and a justification of why you hold your opinion, with (3) reference to one or more philosophical theories of ethics. The instructor
will suggest various topics for the my opinion papers, but students may also select their own topics.
Since a student's opinion cannot be judged to be "right" or "wrong", these papers will be graded on how thoroughly and deeply the issue is analyzed and
explored and on how well the student expresses and defends their ideas. The papers will also be graded on the proper use of grammar, spelling, and
punctuation.
Each paper will have an announced due date; late papers will not be accepted.
Final Case Study Paper:
The final exam for this class will be a case study paper, approximately 5 to 10 pages in length. The paper must discuss a case that is relevant to our
study of computer ethics. The goals of the paper are to summarize the case, analyze it, and discuss your reaction to it. This paper will be due at the
beginning of the last regular class meeting.
Class Participation:
This part of the grade will depend upon attending class and participating in the class discussion. Each unexcused absence will cost 2 points of
participation grade; up to a total of 10 points for 5 unexcused absences.
Students who are auditing the course must attend at least 75% of the class meetings in order to receive a passing grade.
7. Grading Procedures
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Oral Presentation:........................................................................... 30%
Papers:.............................................................................................. 30%
Final Case Study Paper:................................................................. 30%
Class Participation:......................................................................... 10%
Grading Scale
|
90%–100% |
A |
|
80%–89% |
B |
|
70%–79% |
C |
|
60%–69% |
D |
|
0%–59% |
F |
8. Academic integrity Policies
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· Student may not be absence in 4 sessions. If so, you will be prohibitted from test or exam;
· Student may not use Vietnamese languague in their class, or will be reduced 2% final marks;
· Be punctual to come and leave the class.
· Maximum cancellation time per semester is 6 hours per class.
9. Comments and notes
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It is expected that the students read related chapter in textbook and lecture noted before each class. This will help to capture the topics presented and
discussed during class hours.
Assignments of each session must be submited by email before the next session begins.
A student who misses class or is late with an assignment, and who feels their situation is due to exceptional circumstances, should immediately discuss the
matter with the instructor, and the instructor may waive the late penalty and/or grant an appropriate extension.
I reserve the right to change the course policies or schedule in order to facilitate instruction. Any such changes will be discussed in class and updated
on the course web site.
Students must respect their fellow students and not disrupt class. Therefore, cell phones, pagers, other such alarms, or personal conversations which
disturb the lecture are not allowed. Students with personal laptops are encouraged to bring them to class; however, laptops are not required for this
course.
Students can't eat or dink in classrooms.
Instructor’s Signature
Nguyễn Thành Trung