Course Outline UPDATED
CS 4830 (ID:) Social
Implications of Computing Spring
Semester 2005
Wednesday at
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Instructor |
Name: Dr. David L. Ferro Email: dferro@weber.edu Web: www.davidferro.org Phone: 626-8095 Office: TE110a Hours: MTWTh at Name: Dr. Eric Swedin Email: eswedin@weber.edu Phone: 395-3553 Office: DV137L ( Hours: WTH at |
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Texts |
Eric S. Raymond, The Cathedral & the Bazaar
(paperback), O'Reilly & Associates; Revised edition ( Torvolds, Linus, Just for Fun - available on Amazon for much cheaper than bookstore would be. More TBD and TBA (see bottom of schedule for
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Tentative Class Schedule, Topic Guide, and Assignments
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Topic |
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1 |
Monday, Jan 10 |
Introduction to Class |
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2 |
Monday, Jan 17 |
Lecture: History of technological artifacts from |
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3 |
Monday, Jan 24 |
Due: Torvolds, First third of book to page 81 |
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4 |
Monday, Jan 31 |
Due: Torvolds, Second third of book to page 163 |
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5 |
Monday, Feb 7 |
Movie: Open OS |
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6 |
Monday, Feb 14 |
Due: Torvolds, Last third of
book to end of book |
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7 |
Monday, Feb 21 |
Due: Raymond, Cathedral and the Bazaar |
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8 |
Monday, Feb 28 |
Due: Raymond, Homesteading |
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9 |
Monday, Mar 7 |
Due: Raymond, Magic Cauldron |
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10 |
Monday, Mar 14 |
SPRING BREAK! |
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11 |
Monday, Mar 21 |
Due: Raymond, Hackers Revenge and Afterword |
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12 |
Monday, Mar 28 |
Due: http://www.eweek.com/print_article2/0,2533,a=141552,00.asp A special thanks to Rob Hilton for coming to visit and pose some
questions for debate. |
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13 |
Monday, Apr 4 |
Each person: Find article on open source, bring in,
summarize, and discuss. If we don’t
get to them we will get to them next week. IN ADDITION: we are having a guest - brian rague. he has recently returned from an OReilly
conference on open source and have a few minutes of stuff to share that we
can discuss. ALSO: today at 11 in Wattis Business 112 will be ACM/Novell
SuSE Linux server technology presentation with Carl Malone of
Novell. You might want to check it
out. |
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14 |
Monday, Apr 11 |
More presentations from class. |
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15 |
Monday, Apr 18 |
Movie: AntiTrust |
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16 |
Monday, Apr 25 |
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Monday, May 2 |
NO Final Exam Some of your classmates are having a party and have asked
for us to put the address up. Here it
is: Thanks for a great semester! |
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Class Objective |
To introduce students to perspectives on the interaction
between Computer Science and society. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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:
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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 |
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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. |
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Possible web pages for reading |
http://programming.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/25/1859253 and biotechnology: http://www.cambia.org/
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