FYI, required for all BS in CS majors since Fall 2002

http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/education/courses/cs210.html
Computer Science 210
Ethics and Professionalism in Computing
Ethics for the computing profession. Ethical decision-making; licensing; intellectual property, freedom of information and privacy. Students will be required to make oral presentations.

Note: Students may not receive credit for this course and ECE 216. Beginning fall 2002, this course will be required for students entering the computer science curriculum.
  

Course Objectives  
Summary
The course concentrates on the theory and practice of computer and information ethics. It covers the basics of ethical decision-making, and emphasizes group work and presentations. Topics studied in the course include risk and reliability, privacy, infowar, crime, access, business ethics, copyright, patents, and more. Students will write short summaries of their reading, write two short papers, respond to discussions in class, and present topics. Attendance is important.

Purpose
This course will convey material such as:
codes of ethics 
ethical reasoning skills 
professionalism and professional responsibility 
effective inter-personal communication 
effective public presentation 
legal and ethical issues 
awareness of current events 
the impact of computers locally and globally 

This knowledge and the accompanying skills are critical for productive and constructive professional careers. Although one course cannot teach everything, we will cover key topics.

Note: We do assume that we will share all sorts of information during the class, and that students are requested to keep the topics discussed within the bounds of the classroom. Sometimes we talk about firms that we've worked for, software theft that we know about, and so on. These remarks are understood to be aired in confidence.

General Education Requirement 
No 

Prerequisite 
CS 225  

Credit 
2 hours 

Format 
2 hours of lecture per week. 

Semester 
Usually offered fall and spring timetable 

Course Web Site 
www-courses.cs.uiuc.edu/~cs210/ 

Recent Textbook 
   Required:
     Computer and Information Ethics, 1st edition;
      by Woodbury; Stipes Publishing; 1-58874-155-9
**updated to reflect Spring 2003 selections 

Laboratory Work 
None