Enrollment will be limited to no more than 20 students.
Course Details
Let me state at the outset that I am not an expert in computer ethics;
I will be learning along with the class, and this is the reason for the
reading seminar format.
The text for this course will be:
We will read and discuss a chapter from this text each week. I think you can expect an hour or two of reading per week outside of class. I hope we will also have discussions on current events related to computer ethics.
I am definitely open to students' input regarding how the grade is determined for this class. I propose to base the grade on the following:
Since this is a reading seminar, being present and participating in discussions is essential. I expect the policy to be something like "missing X or more classes starts to affect your grade" where X is a small integer such as 2.
My current idea for this paper is to have students turn this in well before the end of the semester, and then have each student read, make comments, and perhaps even grade 2 or 3 other students' papers. These papers and the comments will then be returned, and students can revise their paper before turning in the final version.
We can eliminate some of the text reading load while you are working on papers.