Department

MIS

Course Code

MIS 431

Course Title

Selected Topics in MIS

Course Credit

3

Prerequisite Course

MIS 333

Course Level

Fourth Year

Course Description

This course attempts to cover the range of social, legal, and ethical issues raised by computing. Course begins with an overview, looking at the ubiquity of computers, the rapid pace of change, and the recurrence of old problems in new contexts.  Students will be expose privacy, encryption and interception, reliability and risks, freedom of speech, intellectual property, computer crime, work, broader social issues, and professional ethics.

Course Material

Baase, Sara. A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet, 4th Ed 2013, Pearson Education, ISBN-13: 9780132492676 2013

Reading Recommendation

Reading materials are posted on Learning Management Systems - Blackboard

Course Language

English