CS 349 Contemporary Issues in
Computer Science
Alan Cline
Elaine
Rich
(Details are from Spring, 2009. They’ll change. The big picture won’t.)
Class Information:
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54190 |
T, Th 2:00-3:15 |
PAI 3.14 |
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54195 |
T,Th 3:30-5:00 |
PAI 3.14 |
The two sections will both be team taught by Elaine Rich and Alan Cline.
Textbooks
· Quinn, Michael, Ethics for the Information Age, 3rd Edition. (It is important to get the 3rd Edition, which is available at the Coop.)
· Weiner, Norbert, The Human Use of Human Beings.
Movies: We
will discuss some movies in class.
You should make sure you’ve seen each movie before we discuss it. A list of possible movies includes:
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Sneakers
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Frankenstein
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Bicentennial Man
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Short Circuit
·
I Robot
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Hackers
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War Games
Staff
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Office |
Office Hours |
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Alan Cline |
cline@cs.utexas.edu |
TAY 3.104A |
W 1:00 – 2:00 and F 11:00 – 12:00 and by appointment |
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Elaine Rich |
ear@cs.utexas.edu |
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W 2:30 – 4:00 |
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Sarah Abraham |
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Vishvas Vasuki |
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Grading
We all wish that we could have courses without grades. You hate worrying about grades. We hate having to assign grades. But grades are essential to insuring that your degree has the value it deserves. So we have to have a grading system and that system has to have three essential properties:
In this class, grades will be assigned as follows:
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Project |
55% |
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Homeworks |
30% |
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News articles |
8% |
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Class participation |
7% |
Project
Everyone will choose a topic for a term project.
The project will have two parts:
Students with Disabilities
Any student with a documented disability (physical or cognitive) who requires academic accommodations should contact the Services for Students with Disabilities area of the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259 (voice) or 471-4641 (TTY for users who are deaf or hard of hearing) as soon as possible to request an official letter outlining authorized accommodations.
Academic Integrity
You should read carefully the class policy on academic integrity. Cheating of any form will not be tolerated and will result in a failing grade in the class.
Additional Class Policies
You should read CS Department Code of Conduct. The policies described there will be followed in this class.