2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog

CS 319 Computer Ethics

This course focuses on the ethical and social issues associated with computer technology such as privacy, theft, intellectual property, accountability, hacking and cracking, codes of ethics, and professional responsibility. Students also examine philosophers such as Aristotle, Kant, and Mill and use their theories to support ethical debate and dialogue. This course is a senior-level capstone course. It emphasizes both oral and written communication as students discuss and examine their own ethical beliefs in relation to society and technology.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Junior/senior standing or permission of instructor.