ECS 188 Ethics in an Age of Technology -- Winter Quarter 2008

UC Davis, Department of Computer Science

Homepage: http://networks.cs.ucdavis.edu/~mukherje/188-wq08.htm

Lecture

Schedule for WQ08 -- click here

Instructor

Biswanath Mukherjee, Child Family Professor, Department of Computer Science

Office: 3037 Engineering II
Office Hours: 1:40 pm to 3:00 pm on Tuesday and Thursday (other times by appointment)
Phone: +1-530-752-4826; e-mail: mukherje AT cs dot ucdavis dot edu

Associate Instructor

Marty Nicholes, PhD Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Textbook

Catalog Description (Course Outline)

Foundations of ethics.
Views of technology.
Technology and human values.
Costs and benefits of technology.
The character of technological change.
The social context of work in computer science and engineering.

Expanded Course Description for ECS 188 -- click here

This course is developed by Professor Phil Rogaway. We will follow his instructional and grading methods.

Grading (Tentative)

• Attendance (10%)
  
• Classroom Participation (20%)
  
• Quizzes (10%)
  
• Review Reports (20%)
  
• Term Project (includes a written report and an oral presentation) (40%)
  

• Attendance: Regular attendance is mandatory; more than two unexcused absences and you won't pass.
• Classroom participation: is strongly encouraged. Please feel free to express your views.
• Quizzes: will be given periodically (weekly).
• Review Reports: For each of the reading materials, each student will need to write a brief report (1-2 pages).
• Term Project: will involve a deeper analysis of a topic, including a written report (approx. 10 pages) and an oral presentation.

• All written material submitted must be typeset.
• Late Policy: Late work will NOT be accepted without a doctor's excuse.
• Honor Code: Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated. Certain assignments may be submitted to the MOSS program at UC Berkeley for plagiarism analysis. Any instance of suspected cheating or plagiarism will be referred to the Office of Student Judicial Affairs for adjudication. The Code of Academic Conduct describes the relevant policies and procedures.
• Regrades: If you believe a quiz or homework assignment was misgraded, you must notify me within one week of the date on which it was returned, or made available, not the date on which you picked it up.

Resources

• Suggested Project Books (by Phil Rogaway)
• Suggested Project Topics (by Phil Rogaway)