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COMP 417: Social/Ethical Issues in Computing

Credit Hours
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
A variety of ethical issues related to the availability of computers, focusing on broad social issues rather than individual professional responsibilities. Privacy, copyrights, patents, file sharing, software licenses, software reliability, trusting software, viruses, security, and risks. Brief study of the elements of traditional ethical theory, eg Utilitarianism.
Syllabus
Taught by Dr. Dordal.

Computer Science Department · Loyola University Chicago · Lewis Towers, Suite 416
Water Tower Campus · 820 N. Michigan Avenue · Chicago, Illinois 60611, U.S.A.
Phone: 312.915.7999 · Fax: 312.915.7998 · E-mail: info@cs.luc.edu