COURSE GOALS:

· Demonstrate an understanding of the social and professional context in which computing is done.

· Demonstrate an understanding of the basic cultural, social, legal, and ethical issues inherent in the discipline.

· Discuss and evaluate the social implications of computing and technology, both at the present and in the future.

· Identify milestones in the development and application of information technology.

· Evaluate the social implications of computing

· Ask serious questions about the social impact of computing, and evaluate proposed answers to those questions.

· Demonstrate an awareness of the basic legal rights of software and hardware vendors and users, and the ethical values that are the basis for those rights.

· Research the social and ethical issues of a computer-related topic from the list in the syllabus.

· Communicate, both orally and in written form, social and ethical issues of a computer-related topic from the list in the syllabus.