Instructor: David Fusco
e-mail: fusco@juniata.edu
Office: A210 BSC
Phone: 641-3684
Office Hours: http://faculty.juniata.edu/fusco/fa2001sched.html
Class meeting times: Thursday 2:30 - 3:20 p.m. BSC C213
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Course Objectives
This course is intended to discuss current advances in computer science not otherwise offered and will cover the following topics:
Texts
Required:
Kallman and Grillo - Ethical Decision Making and Information Technology,
2nd edition, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1996.
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Policies
It is your responsibility to make up any missed class activities. Please check this web page frequently to follow class assignments.
Exams may be made up for emergencies only.
The majority of the material on exams is derived from class lectures. It is very helpful to read ahead in the textbook as to understand what will be covered in the classroom.
Course Withdrawal:
Course withdrawals, without instructor permission, are permitted through the
tenth week.
Instructor permission is required after this date and until the last class.
Academic Integrity:
Students are expected to follow the official College policy on Academic Honesty,
as described in the 2001-2002 Pathfinder.
Offenses include, but are not limited to:
- turning in work you claim as your own
- working in groups larger than allowed
- cheating on an exam
Penalties:
1st offense - 0 on the assignment or test
2nd offense - F grade for the course
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Requirements and Grading
Your grade will be based on the following distribution:
Out of Class Work - 25%
Paper and Presentation - 60%
A 5-7 page paper on a research topic of your choice that relates to a current
Computer Science subject. Must be approved by the instructor.
Participation - 15%
The due date for each out of class work assignment will be given on a project by project basis and will be submitted via email. One letter grade will be deducted for each day that the assignment is late.
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Tentative Class Schedule
| Week | Material Covered | Topic | Out-of-class Work |
| 1 | Syllabus | Course Overview | |
| 2 | Chapter 1 | Ethics and Ethical Decision Making | |
| 3 | Chapter 2 | Ethics and Information Technology | |
| 4 | Chapter 3 | Solving Ethical Dilemmas | Prepare for Case Study |
| 5 | Case Study | Prepare for Case Study | |
| 6 | Case Study | Research Article for Hot Topic | |
| 7 | Hot Topic | Research Article for Hot Topic | |
| 8 | Hot Topic | Paper outline due | Prepare for Case Study |
| 9 | Case Study | Research Article for Hot Topic | |
| 10 | Hot Topic | Paper / Presenation review | Prepare for Case Study |
| 11 | Case Study | Sign-up sheet for Presentations | Research Article for Hot Topic |
| 12 | Hot Topic | ||
| 13 | Paper / Presentations | Paper / Presentations | |
| 14 | Paper / Presentations | Paper / Presentations | |
| 15 | Paper / Presentations | Paper / Presentations |
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Juniata College, 2001