CS 492/CS 692 W03 Course Timetable

Classes are held Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9:30-10:30, in MC2034. Readings are from the text (Computerization and Controversy, ed. Rob Kling, Academic Press, 1996), or the CS492/CS692 home page. Additional brief articles may at times be provided as handouts.

Timetable of topics and assignments

• Week 1
  • Jan 6: overview of course 
  • Topic: Overview of Social Implications of Computers
  • Readings: I-C, I-G; I-D, I-E, "Informing Ourselves to Death"
  • Jan 8: introduction; models and approaches 
  • Jan 10: more on introduction

   

• Week 2
  • Readings: II-D, II-E, V-K
  • Jan 13: video on the Internet
  • Jan 14: assignment 1 due at 10am
  • Jan 15: the Internet; RPE groupings decided
  • Jan 17: more on the Internet

   

• Week 3
  • Readings: VIII-G (skim), VI-B; VI-H, VI-I
  • Jan 20: completion of internet topic (everyone)
  • Jan 21: assignment 2 due at 10am
  • Jan 22: privacy and social control: private sector (group 1)
  • Jan 24: more discussion on private sector privacy (group 2)

   

• Week 4
  • Readings: VI-A, VI-D, VI-E
  • Jan 27: privacy and social control: public sector (group 1)
  • Jan 29: more on public sector privacy (group 2)
  • Jan 31: RPE3 on universal IDs (everyone)

   

• Week 5
  • Readings: IV-G, IV-A, IV-B, "IT and Organizational Change in Digital Economies"
  • Feb 3: empowering workers in the introduction of technology; the changing nature of work (group 1)
  • Feb 4: assignment 3 due at 10am
  • Feb 5: more discussion on the nature of work (group 2)
  • Feb 9: RPE2 on displacing workers (everyone)

   

• Week 6
  • Readings: III-J, III-K, III-L, "Measures for E-Business Value Assessment" (PDF file)
  • Feb 10: work: productivity (group 1)
  • Feb 12: more discussion on productivity (group 2)
  • Feb 14: RPE4 on extracurricular computer use (everyone)

   

• Week 7
  • Feb 17: educating computer scientists part 1 (everyone)
  • Feb 18: assignment 4 due at 10am (** please note due date)
  • Feb 19: educating computer scientists part 2 (everyone)
  • Feb 21: no class (break week)

   

• Week 8
  • Readings III-H, III-I, V-L
  • Feb 24: computers and education (group 1)
  • Feb 26: more computers and education (group 2)
  • Feb 28: RPE5 on distance education (everyone)

   

• Week 9
  • Readings: V-A, V-D
  • Mar 3: computer mediated communication and social relations on the Internet (group 1)
  • Mar 5: more on computer mediated communication (group 2)
  • Mar 7: 
    • Assignment 5 due at 10am
    • Guest lecture on computer mediated communication (everyone): Dr. Chrysanne Di Marco, talking on the topic of
      web-based language

   

• Week 10
  • Ethics
  • Readings: VIII-D, VIII-A (skim)
  • Mar 10: RPE1 on censorship on the web (everyone)
  • Mar 12: RPE11 on managing e-mail in businesses (everyone)
  • Mar 14: RPE10 on piracy of software (everyone)

   

• Week 11
  • Mar 17: ethics and ethics workshop (VIII-B) (everyone)
  • Safety and Reliability
  • Readings: VII-E, VII-A, VII-C, VII-I
  • Mar 19: RPE6 on liability (everyone)
  • Mar 21: RPE9 on artificial intelligence (everyone)

   

• Week 12
  • Mar 24: safety and reliability (group 1)
  • Mar 26: more on safety and reliability (group 2)
  • Mar 28: assignment 6 due in class and assignment 6b takes place (everyone)

   

• Week 13
  • Mar 31: assignment 7 due in class; course wrap up (everyone)

** RPE11 is now on Mar 12 **

** Non-Friday RPEs Schedule is available **

Last updated: March 03, 2003.