CS 329E Elements of Computing in Society: Class Policies and Information

CS 329 Elements of Computing in Society
Elaine Rich
Fall, 2009

Class Information

Unique

Time

Room

54740

T, Th 11:00-12:15

PAI 3.14

Prerequisites

CS 303E or CS 305J or CS 307 or one semester of programming at the college level or one year of programming in high school.

Textbooks

· Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and Harry Lewis, Blown to Bits: You Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion. (This book is available on the Amazon Kindle.)

· Quinn, Michael, Ethics for the Information Age, 3^rd Edition. (It is important to get the 3^rd Edition.)

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:

· Sneakers

· Frankenstein

· Bicentennial Man

· Short Circuit

· I Robot

· Hackers

· War Games

Staff

	Office	Office Hours
Elaine Rich	TAY 3.126

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:

It has to motivate everyone to learn as much as possible.
It has to be fair to everyone in the class.
It has to be a true measure of how much each student knows about the class material.

In this class, grades will be assigned as follows:

Project	40%
Homeworks	43%
News articles	10%
Class participation	7%

Project

Everyone will choose a topic for a term project. The project will have two parts:

A written report.
A class presentation.

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.