Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Computing
Session
Eight Week - Second
Class Number
6055
Career
Undergraduate
Units
3 units
Grading
Graded Alpha
Description
This course covers social, legal, and ethical issues commonly arising in key areas related to computing technologies.

Prerequisite: Any COMP course and Ethics Core.

Outcomes: Understanding of laws and issues in areas such as privacy, encryption, freedom of speech, copyrights and patents, computer crime, and computer/software reliability and safety; understanding of philosophical perspectives such as utilitarianism versus deontological ethics and basics of the U.S. legal system.
Enrollment Requirements
Restricted to students in the School of Continuing & Professional Studies. Any COMP course
Class Attributes
Sociolegal Studies
Class Notes
Synchronous Class Meeting: Instruction will be delivered online synchronously following the days/times indicated on the schedule. COMP 317-700N is reserved for students in the School of Continuing & Professional Studies. Non-SCPS students may request permission to enroll. For more information go to https://tinyurl.com/NonSCPS
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Class Details
Instructor(s)
Kelly Barry, Daniel Vonder Heide
Meets
We 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Dates
03/08/2025 - 05/03/2025
Room
Online
Instruction Mode
Online
Campus
Online Campus
Location
Online Campus
Components
Lecture Required
Class Availability
Status
Open
Seats Taken
11
Seats Open
14
Combined Section Capacity
25
Wait List Total
0
Wait List Capacity
0
Combined Section
SocialLegal&EthicIssuComp
COMP 317 - 700N (6055)
Status: Open - Enrl
Seats Taken: 10
Wait List Total: 0
Social & Ethical Iss Comp
COMP 417 - 700N (6056)
Status: Open - Enrl
Seats Taken: 1
Wait List Total: 0