| Date | Topic | Readings and Presentation Materials | Due | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | Jan 18 | Introduction to course. Short video: Did you know 4.0 | |||
| Th@8:00 | Jan 20 | No class. We'll start in-class writing assignments soon. | |||
| Th@12:30 | Jan 20 | Quinn Ch 1 (Catalysts for Change: A brief history of computing). Class canceled. | |||
| T | Jan 25 | Quinn Ch 1 (Catalysts for Change: A brief history of computing) | |||
| Th@8:00 | Jan 27 | No class. No writing assignment this week. | |||
| Th@12:30 | Jan 27 | Introduction to Ethics | |||
| T | Feb 1 | Introduction to Ethics | |||
| Th@8:00 | Feb 3 | Writing Assignment 1 | Reading for Writing Assignment 1: Spinello and Tavani, pp. 40-54.
| paper written in class, due at end of class | |
| Th@12:30 | Feb 3 | Video: digital_nation: life on the virtual frontier | |||
| T | Feb 8 | Networked Communications. Student lecture S1. | |||
| Th@8:00 | Feb 10 | Writing Assignment 2 | Reading for Writing Assignment 2:
Spinello and Tavani: pp. 96-106. "Common Morality and Computing", by Bernard Gert | paper written in class, due at end of class | |
| Th@12:30 | Feb 10 | Networked Communications. Student lecture S2. | |||
| T | Feb 15 | Exam 1. Covers Quinn Ch 1-3 | |||
| Th@8:00 | Feb 17 | Writing Assignment 3 | Reading for Writing Assignment 3: Spinello and Tavani: pp. 159-172. "Fahrenheit 451.2: Is Cyberspace Burning?", by the ACLU | paper written in class, due at end of class | |
| Th@12:30 | Feb 17 | Intellectual Property. Student lecture S3. | |||
| T | Feb 22 | Intellectual Property. Student lecture S4. | |||
| Th@8:00 | Feb 24 | Writing Assignment 4 | Reading for Writing Assignment 4: Spinello and Tavani: pp. 294-304, "Intellectual Property, Information, and the Common Good", by Michael McFarland | paper written in class, due at end of class | |
| Th@12:30 | Feb 24 | Intellectual Property. Student lecture S5. Also a short video: Opening at AAP (American Association of Publishers) Debate. | |||
| T | Mar 1 | Video: Revolution OS | |||
| Th@8:00 | Mar 3 | Writing Assignment 5 | Reading for Writing Assignment 5: Spinello and Tavani: pp. 351-366, "Ethical Issues in Open Source Software", by F. Grodzinsky, K. Miller, and M. Wolf (including Appendices A and B) | paper written in class, due at end of class | |
| Th@12:30 | Mar 3 | Privacy. Student lecture S6. | Project: Topic paragraph | ||
| T | Mar 8 | Privacy. Student lectures S7, S8. | |||
| Th@8:00 | Mar 10 | No class. | |||
| Th@12:30 | Mar 10 | No class. | |||
| T | Mar 15 | Spring break! | |||
| Th@8:00 | Mar 17 | Spring break! | |||
| Th@12:30 | Mar 17 | Spring break! | |||
| T | Mar 22 | Video: Spying on the Home Front | Project: Outline | ||
| Th@8:00 | Mar 24 | Writing Assignment 6 | Reading for Writing Assignment 6: Spinello and Tavani: pp. 450-461, "Toward an Approach to Privacy in Public: Challenges of Information Technology", by Helen Nissenbaum | paper written in class, due at end of class | |
| Th@12:30 | Mar 24 | Security. Student lecture S9. | |||
| T | Mar 29 | Exam 2. Covers Quinn Ch 4-6 | |||
| Th@8:00 | Mar 31 | Writing Assignment 7 (postponed to 12:30) | Reading for Writing Assignment 7: C. C. Palmer: "Ethical Hacking" PDF | paper written in class, due at end of class | |
| Th@12:30 | Mar 31 | Writing Assignment 7 | Reading for Writing Assignment 7: C. C. Palmer: "Ethical Hacking" PDF | paper written in class, due at end of class | |
| T | Apr 5 | Reliability. Student lectures S10, S11. | |||
| Th@8:00 | Apr 7 | An alternate time for Writing Assignment 7. | Reading for Writing Assignment 7: C. C. Palmer: "Ethical Hacking" PDF | paper written in class, due at end of class | |
| Th@12:30 | Apr 7 | No class. For full credit, get your project paper to me by 3:00 Thursday. (If I'm not there, slip it under my office door.) If you miss that deadline, but get the paper to me before Monday at 9:30, I'll deduct 3 (out of 20) points. | Project: First complete draft | ||
| T | Apr 12 | Professional Ethics. Student lectures S12, S13. | |||
| Th@8:00 | Apr 14 | Writing Assignment 8 | Reading for Writing Assignment 8: Spinello and Tavani: pp. 651-658, "Unintentional Power in the Design of Computing Systems", by C. Huff | paper written in class, due at end of class | |
| Th@12:30 | Apr 14 | Work and wealth. Student lecture S14. | |||
| T | Apr 19 | Video: The Net @ Risk | |||
| Th@8:00 | Apr 21 | Writing Assignment 9 | Reading for Writing Assignment 9: Why the future doesn't need us by Bill Joy | paper written in class, due at end of class | |
| Th@12:30 | Apr 21 | Project presentations: | Project: Final Draft (within 24 hrs of presentation) | ||
| T | Apr 26 | Project presentations: Jon Drahos, Hui Xu | Project: Final Draft (within 24 hrs of presentation) | ||
| Th@8:00 | Apr 28 | Project presentations: | Project: Final Draft (within 24 hrs of presentation) | ||
| Th@12:30 | Apr 28 | Project presentations: Christine Randall, Robert Nelson, Ky Halverson | Project: Final Draft (within 24 hrs of presentation) | ||
| T | May 3 | Project presentations: Cayla Lee, Aaron Sly, Andy Erickson | Project: Final Draft (within 24 hrs of presentation) | ||
| Th@8:00 | May 5 | Project presentations: Jaideep Umraiya, Abhi Devireddy | Project: Final Draft (within 24 hrs of presentation) | ||
| Th@12:30 | May 5 | Project presentations: Chris Bombeck, Dave Heebink, Erik Johnson | Project: Final Draft (within 24 hrs of presentation) | ||
| W | May 11 | Final Exam, 2:00-3:55, HH306 | |||