MONT 112G, Computers and Society, Fall 2011
    Schedule of Topics

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    This schedule will give you an idea of the order of topics and chapters that will be covered. It may change during the semester depending on how quickly we cover the various topics.

    
    Week    Dates        Chapter        Topic
    1       8/31-9/2     Miller 1       Introduction, Digital Media
    
    2       9/5          Miller 1       Digital Media
            9/6          Boyle          Attend Father Gregory Boyle's talk, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
            9/7                         Discuss "Tattoos on the heart"
            9/9          Miller 2       Economics in the information age
    
    3       9/12         Miller 2       Economics, Media convergence
            9/13                        Film: "The Matrix", 5 p.m. (Dinner provided)
            9/14-9/16    Miller 3       Discuss "The Matrix", Media convergence
    
    4       9/19-9/23    Miller 3, 4    Convergence, Digital Inequality
    
    5       9/26-9/30                   Introduction to writing Python programs
    
    6       10/3-10/7                   Python: Conditional statements
    
            10/10-10/14  NO CLASS       FALL BREAK
            
    7       10/17-10/19                 Python: loops
            10/20                       Film & Dinner: "Shake hands with the devil", 5 p.m.
            10/21                       Python: for loops and lists.; Film discussion
    
    8       10/24-10/28                 Python: for loops
    
    9       10/31-11/4                  Python: Functions, Review
    
    10      11/7                        Privacy
            11/9                        MIDTERM EXAM
            11/11   Miller 5            Privacy
    
    11      11/14-11/18  Miller 6       Politics and Warfare
    
    12      11/21        Miller 7       Digital Identity
            11/23-11/25                 THANKSGIVING BREAK -- NO CLASS
    
    13      11/28-11/30  Miller 7, 8    Digital Identity, Social media
                         Turkel
            12/1                        Film: "Blade Runner", 7 p.m.
            12/2         Miller 8       Social Media
    
    14      12/5-12/9    Miller 8, 9    Social Media, Body & IT, Robots
                         Turkel
    

    Final Exam: Time TBA


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