CS 305 – Social, Ethical, and Legal Implications of Computing
Spring 2007
Instructor Information
Wu-chi Feng, wuchi@cs
FAB
120-22
Office
Hours: T/R 11:00am – noon
Class Information:
M 6:00 – 7:50pm
375 Neuberger Hall
http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~wuchi/Teaching/2007SPR305
Class mailing list
We will be using the yahoogroups pdxcs305@yahoogroups.com for discussions
and information regarding the class. You must join the group at
www.yahoogroups.com. Go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pdxcs305
to sign up.
Text (Optional)
Michael
Quinn, Ethics for the Information Age
Tentative Schedule
4/2 History of Computing, Intro to Ethics
4/9 Ethics, Networking issues (censorship,
spam, the web)
4/16 Intellectual property
4/23 Privacy and civil liberties
4/30 Reliability and safety
5/7 Computer crime
5/14 Economic issues, Class Presentations (Last
names R-Z)
5/21
Class Presentations (Last names K-Q)
5/28 NO CLASS – Memorial Day
6/4 Class Presentations (Last names A-J)
Grading Policy
Final Exam 20%
Speech 20 %
Paper 20%
Homeworks 20%
Pre-speech
5%
Pre-paper
5%
Attendance/Participation 10%
Assignments
Homework 1 <here> Assigned 4/2, Due 4/9 Noon PST (Portland State Time)
Homework 2 ; Assigned 4/9, Due 4/16 Noon PST (Portland State Time)
Homework 3 ; Assigned 4/16, Due 4/23 Noon PST (Portland State Time)
Homework 4 ; Assigned 4/23, Due 4/30 Noon PST (Portland State Time)
Pre-speech ; Due 5/7 class time PST (Portland State Time)