2023 A Term Archive

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Syllabus
Date Topics Due Presenters
1. Friday
2023-08-25
Introduction All Chapter readings include Interview found after questions unless otherwise indicated.
2. Tuesday
2023-08-29
Critical Thinking 1. Chapter 1 - Catalysts for Change
2. Appendix A - Plagiarism
3. Appendix B - Introduction to Argumentation
4. Discussion Board: Movies
5. Sign up for individual presentation
3. Friday
2023-09-01
Ethics 1. Chapter 2 - Introduction to Ethics
- You may skip Sections 2.2 - 2.5
2. DRAFT: Paper 1: Computing Technology Timeline
4. Tuesday
2023-09-05
Freedom of Speech 1. Chapter 3 - Networked Communications
2. FINAL: Paper 1: Technology Timeline
3. Wiki: Computing Technology Timeline
1. Alexander Beck - Open Political Discussion
2. Aksel Jensen - Are Smartphones For Tots Smart?
3. Suki Kushwaha - Face To Face
5. Friday
2023-09-08
Intellectual Property
1. Chapter 4 - Intellectual Property
- You may skip interview at end of chapter
1. Caleb French - Transformative Fair Use
2. Kenneth Smith - Drowning in Digital Media
3. Nicholas Giangregorio - Who Owns AI Art
6. Tuesday
2023-09-12
Privacy 1. Chapter 5 - Information Privacy
2. DRAFT: Paper 2: Self Search
1. Myles Ku - Payment Card Industry and You
2. Ryan Offstein - AR's Watching You
3. Enoch Zhao - Today's Big Brother
7. Friday
2023-09-15
Privacy 1. Chapter 6 - Privacy and the Government
2. Facial Recognition Debate Prep (draft paper optional)
3. FINAL: Paper 2: Self Search
1. Kenny Doan - The Footprint You Leave Behind
2. Eric Hughs-Baird - Listening To You Whisper
3. Nathan Wong - Quantum Friend Or Foe
8. Tuesday
2023-09-19
Crime 1. Chapter 7 - Computer and Network Security
2. Group Project web site through topics covered to date.
3. FINAL: Optional Paper: Facial Recognition
1. James Walden - War Machines and the Future of Digital Warfare
2. Matthew Copeland - How Low Can You Go
3. Adam Kalayjian - Generative AI Spy
Friday
2023-09-22
NO CLASS
9. Tuesday
2023-09-26
Errors Failures Risks
1. Chapter 8 - Computer Reliability
2. DRAFT: Paper 3: Code Testing
1. Ella Dunne - AI Crime Detection
2. Alex Zhang - Unfinished, But Monetized
3. Nora Cleary - Who's Responsible for Early Screen Time Harms?
10. Friday
2023-09-29
Professional Ethics 1. Chapter 9 - Professional Ethics
- Skip Code of Ethics in book.
- Read the newer Code of Ethics at: https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics instead.
2. Game Debate Prep (paper optional)
3. FINAL: Paper 3: Code Testing
1. June Whittall - Sensationalism Platforms
2. Connor Thompson - Starting With The Little Things
3. Sean Arackal - Food Apps Don't Serve You
11. Tuesday
2023-10-03
Work
1. Chapter 10 - Work and Wealth
2. Group Presentation Draft
3. DRAFT: Paper 4: Automation
1. Robbie Eskridge - AI Connections
2. Owen Lacey - Video Games Gonna School Ya
12. Friday
2023-10-06
Group Presentations 1. Non-presenter Questions
2. FINAL: Paper 4: Automation
1. Paprika (2006) - Aksel Jensen, Carlos Medina, Ryan Offstein, Myles Ku, Iris Nycz, (KAP)

2. 1984 (1956) - Eric Hughs-Baird, Alexander Beck, Caleb French, Owen Lacey, James Walden, (KAP)

3. Black Mirror: Fifteen Million Merits (2011) - Alexander Zhang, Adam Kalayjian, Nora Cleary, Matthew Copeland, Javier DeLeon, (KAP)
13. Tuesday
2023-10-10
Group Presentations 1. Non-presenter Questions
1. Dredd (2012) - Nicholas Giangregorio, Connor Thompson, Robert Eskridge, Enoch Zhao, Guillermo Morel Mendez, (KAP)

2. Eighth Grade (2018) - Sean Arackal, Jacob Curtis, Hasan Gandor, Ashley Jacob, June Whittall, (KAP)

3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) - Kenneth Doan, Nathan Wong, Sukriti Kushwaha, Ella Dunne, Kenneth Smith, (KAP)
14. Friday
2023-10-13
Student Choice 1. Group Evaluations
2. Group Web Sites
3. FINAL: Optional Paper: Game
1. Carlos Medina - What Snowden Should Have Done
2. Javier DeLeon - Software Engineer Savior or Ruin
3. Ashley Jacob - Social Media Addiction
4. Hasan Gandor - Blockchain and Society
5. Guillermo Morel - When Robots Hold The Scalpel
Weekly Time Guideline

 4 hours class time
 4 hours reading (2 chapters ~90 pages @ 2 minutes per page)
 8 hours practicing mastery of material
   - papers, group project, class activity preparation
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16 hours / week

The Syllabus will change throughout the course as new interests are found and material is covered ahead or behind schedule. Changes will be made in class and recorded in the class slides. You will be responsible for the material in the assigned reading.


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