MONT 113G, Ethics of Computing, Spring 2012
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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 1/25-1/27 Digital Circuits
2 1/30-2/3 Binary numbers, binary addition,
truth tables
2/2 Film: "We Are Egypt", 7 p.m.
3 2/6-2/10 Discuss "We Are Egypt"
Computer architecture, Assembly language,
Networks
4 2/13-2/17 HTML, Webpages, Graphics on the web
2/16 Sherry Turkle's Talk, 7:30 p.m.
2/17-2/18 Connections Program
5 2/20-2/24 Discuss Turkle, connections
Non-computability, the Halting Problem,
Review
6 2/27 MIDTERM EXAM, (Evening)
2/29-3/2 Johnson 1,2 Philosophical Ethics
3/5-3/9 NO CLASS FALL BREAK
7 3/12-3/16 Johnson 2 Philosophical Ethics, Analogies
8 3/19-3/23 Johnson 2,3 Analogies, IT Societies
9 3/26-3/30 Johnson 3,4 IT societies, Privacy
10 4/2-4/4 Johnson 4 Privacy
4/6 NO CLASS EASTER BREAK
11 4/9 NO CLASS EASTER BREAK
4/11-4/13 Johnson 4 Privacy
12 4/16-4/20 Johnson 5 Intellectual Property
4/19 "The Social Network," 5 p.m.
13 4/23-4/27 Johnson 5,6 Intellectual Property, Online crime
4/24 Film: "Pray the Devil back to hell", Banquet, 5 p.m.
14 4/30-5/4 Johnson 6 Online crime
14 5/7 Johnson 6 Online crime
No Final Exam.
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Constance Royden--croyden@mathcs.holycross.edu
Montserrat 113G--Ethics of Computing
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