CS1590: Social Implications of Computing Technology


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Lectures


Day Tuesday & Thursday
Time 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Place 5129 SENSQ

Homework Assignments


Required Textbooks

  • A Gift of Fire, Third Edition (GoF),
    Sara Baase,
    Prentice Hall, 2008,
    [ISBN 0-13-600848-8]

  • Computers, Ethics and Society, Third Edition (CES),
    edited by M. David Ermann and Michele S. Shauf,
    Oxford University Press, 2002,
    [ISBN 0-19-514302-7]

    • Recommended Textbooks

  • The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition,
    William Strunk and E. B. White,
    Allyn & Bacon 1999,
    [ISBN 0-205-30902-X]

  • Chicago Manual of Style, Fifteenth Edition

    • Instructors

    Instructor Professor Bob Daley
    Office Hours Tuesday & Thursday: 2:30pm - 3:30pm & 5:30pm - 6:30pm
    Office 5401 Sennott Square
    Phone 412.624.8415
    Email daley@cs.pitt.edu

    Grader Kelli Ireland
    Office Hours Monday & Wednesday: 9:00am - 12:00pm
    Office 5426 Sennott Square
    Phone 412.624.8840
    Email kireland@cs.pitt.edu

    Requirements

    Attendance & class participation 30%
    Writing & other homework assignments 30%
    In-class midterm exam 20%
    Take-home final exam 20%

    Regulations

    • Class attendance is required and will be recorded
    • Assignment deadlines must be observed. Points will be deducted for late assignments (approx. 20% per day)
    • Collaboration is NOT allowed. Any form of cheating, copying, or collaboration on homework or exams will result in a failing grade for the course.

    Writing Center

    Help with writing skills is available from the Writing Center