Course Outline UPDATED 8/22/04

CS 4830 (ID:) Social Implications of Computing Fall Semester 2004

Wednesday at 1pm in TE220S

Instructor

Name: Dr. David L. Ferro Email: dferro@weber.edu Web: www.davidferro.org Phone: 626-8095 Office: ET110a Hours: MTWTh at 9-10am and M at 12:30-1:30pm Name: Dr. Eric Swedin Email: eswedin@weber.edu Web: http://www.swedin.org/ Phone: 395-3553 Office: DV137L (Davis campus) Hours: WTH at 3:30-5:30

Texts

Eric S. Raymond, The Cathedral & the Bazaar (paperback), O'Reilly & Associates; Revised edition (January 15, 2001) ISBN: 0596001088 List Price: $16.95 - It is also available for free on the web at http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ Clifford Stoll, Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage - there are 131 used copies available on Amazon for much cheaper than bookstore would be.

Tentative Class Schedule, Topic Guide, and Assignments

Week	Starting	Topic	Chapters	Work
1	Monday, Aug 30	Introduction to Class	Read first 2 chapters of Bazaar
2	Tuesday, Sep 6		First 2 chapters again
3	Monday, Sep 13		debate
4	Monday, Sep 20
5	Monday, Sep 27	http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/warroom.html http://blogs.msdn.com/rick_schaut/archive/2004/05/19/135315.aspx http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/rugg.html?tw=wn_tophead_6
6	Monday, Oct 4	Political discussion
7	Monday, Oct 11		Chapter 3
8	Monday, Oct 18		Chap. 4
9	Monday, Oct 25		Chap. 5
10	Monday, Nov 1		Afterward and appendices A & B
11	Monday, Nov 8	http://www.cio.com/archive/091504/microsoft.html/ http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,64911,00.html http://www.liberatedgames.com/gamelisting.php --- http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/11/talbot1104.asp http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/10/wo_hellweg102204.asp --- http://slashdot.org/index.pl?issue=20041019 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/378632/2004-10-15/2004-10-21/0 http://weblogs.asp.net/LarryOsterman http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/19/0236213&tid=113&tid=128&tid=154&tid=218
12	Monday, Nov 15		Cuckoos Egg
13	Monday, Nov 22		Cuckoos Egg
14	Monday, Dec 6		Cuckoos Egg
15	Monday, Dec 13	Wrap-up	Cuckoos Egg
FINALS	Monday, May 5	NO Final Exam

Class Objective

To introduce students to perspectives on the interaction between Computer Science and society.

Class Organization

Class will consist of lecture and discussion on topics assigned through this outline and class assignments. The instructor will expect the students to have read the covered chapters prior to classroom instruction. The instructors will engage with the class to assure that learning occurs.

Emailing the professor: whenever you do this you must include in your subject line “class-name-subjectmatter”. For example: “cs4830-davidferro-question about stephenson”. This is very important for me to stay organized and I will ignore your emails if you persist in not satisfying this reasonable request. I will respond that I have received your email. Save my responses as they may be useful in the event of a conflict of opinion on whether you have sent me an email or not. DO NOT SEND multiple copies of the same email.

Exams, Projects, Homework, Class Participation

This course is discussion-based. There are no tests, quizzes, written paper, programs or other objects that must be turned in.

Grading Policies

Based entirely on participation. You must come to class prepared to discuss and potentially present the material in line with requested topics and your own ideas. You will be well served – often – to take the time to have notes and do some additional research and reading.

Final letter grades given final scores:

>= 94	A
90–93	A-
87-89	B+
84-86	B
80-83	B-
77-79	C+
74-78	C
70-73	C-
67-69	D+
60-66	D
<60	E

Note on Special Needs

Any student requiring accommodations or services due to a disability must contact the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) in room 181 of the Student Service Center. SSD can also arrange to provide course materials (including this syllabus) in alternative formats if necessary.

WSU Student Code

Students are expected to be familiar with the WSU Student Code and abide by it. The Code may be reviewed on line at http://www.weber.edu/ppm/6-22.htm (pay specific attention to Section 4D). All necessary steps will be taken to enforce the Student Code to guarantee fairness to all students.