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Course Outline for CIS*3000 (F'10)
Social Implications for Computing

Instructor: Blair Nonnecke
Office: Reynolds Building, Room 314
Phone: 824-4120 ext. 56407
Email: nonnecke +AT+ cis.uoguelph.ca
Office Hours: by appointment
TA: none at this time

Class time: Wednesday & Friday 12:30-2:20 PM (Sept. 10 start)

Location: MacK 236

Overview

This course focuses on social, ethical, legal and managerial issues in the application of computer science to the information technology industry. Through seminars and case studies, human issues confronting Computer Science professionals will be addressed. (Description from the Undergraduate Calendar).

The courses will involve a research paper, finding relevant articles, quizzes, and a blog. It will closely follow the text, A Gift of Fire.

Required Text Books:

  • A Gift of Fire by Sara Baase (3rd Edition) - this is a must have as there will be weekly readings from this book

Course Web Page

http://www.socs.uoguelph.ca/~nonnecke/courses/cis3000f10/

Announcements

Students are responsible for regularly checking the announcements section of the Web page.
http://www.socs.uoguelph.ca/~nonnecke/courses/cis3000f10/announcements.html

Marking Scheme (subject to change)

  • Blogging assignments (6 posts for 30%)
  • Term Paper (35%)
  • Article of the week (8 articles for 5%)
  • Chapter Quizzes (best 8/10 for 30%)

Late Policy

Work submitted after the due date receives a grade of zero. If written documentation of extenuating circumstances is provided, then marking criteria or relative weighting may be adjusted.

Posting of Grades and Requests for Remarks

Requests for remarking of course work should be made to the course instructor. Any requests for remarks must be made within a week of marking. If a student requests a re-grade, the entire work will be remarked, and the new grade may be higher or lower than the original grade received.

Grades will be posted on the course Web site. It is a student's responsibility to verify that the posted grade corresponds to the grade actually received and notify the instructor of any error within one week of the posting.

Academic Misconduct

Please read and understand the University's regulations and procedures on academic misconduct. Faculty have no leeway in this matter.

Date of Last Update: Sept 9, 2010