CPSC 3165            Professionalism in Computing
Topics Covered                                        Fall 2007

1.    Thursday, August 16
        Introduction to the Course
        Sample Case Study on Truth Telling
        Professor Quirrell on Good and Evil
        Goals of the Course: Ethics, Legal Issues, and Professionalism

2.    Tuesday, August 21
        Hand out Assignment 1        HTML Version MS-Word Version
        Introduce visitors from the CSU Writing Center
        Talk on Computers Before 1952

3.    Thursday, August 23
        Introduction to Applied Ethics    Chapter One in Spinello's textbook

4.    Tuesday, August 28
        Kohlberg's Stages of Ethical Development

5.    Thursday, August 30
        The ACM Code of Ethics
                Lecture Slides
                Text of the Code

Lecture slides for the next six lectures can be obtained directly from Dan Ryan's web site.
As I do not have explicit permission to use them, I do not put copies on my web site.

6.    Tuesday, September 4
Chapter 2 in Spinello's Book: Regulating and Governing the Internet
        The U.S. Legal System - PowerPoint slides by Dan Ryan

7.    Thursday, September 6
Chapter 3 in Spinello's Book: Free Speech and Content Control in Cyberspace
        Law and Ethics - PowerPoint slides by Dan Ryan

8.    Tuesday, September 11
Chapter 4 in Spinello's Book: Intellectual Property in Cyberspace
        Intellectual Capital - PowerPoint slides by Dan Ryan

9.    Thursday, September 13
        QUIZ 1 - Quiz mostly on topics from Chapters 1 - 4 from Spinello's book.

10.   Tuesday, September 18
        Information Security and Cyberwar (Part 1) - PowerPoint slides by Dan Ryan

11.   Thursday, September 20
        Information Security and Cyberwar (Part 2) - PowerPoint slides by Dan Ryan

12.   Tuesday, September 25
        Information Security and Cyberwar (Part 3) - PowerPoint slides by Dan Ryan

13.    Thursday, September 27
        Guest Lecture by Ms. Jean Bittinger, CSU Information Security Officer
        Topic: "It is a Bad Thing to Probe Commercial Firewalls"

14.    Tuesday, October 2
        Discussion of Phrogging and social responsibility

15.    Thursday, October 4
        Discussion of the Second Life web site and cyber addictioin

16.    Tuesday, October 9
        Guest Lecture by Dr. Thomas Loughman, DATCOB
        Topic: Communication in the Workplace.

        Thursday, October 11    NO CLASS.  It is Fall Break.

17.    Tuesday, October 16
        Discussion on Racism and Racism in the Workplace
        Facilitated by Professors Studstill and Wakoko

18.    Thursday, October 18
        Continuation of the discussion on racism, with Professors Studstill and Wakoko.

19.    Tuesday, October 23
        Unstructured discussion on racism, facilitated by the instructor.

20.    Thursday, October 25
        Critical Thinking, Formal Argument, and Real Life

21.    Tuesday, October 30
         Presentation on Organizational Behavior in the U. S. Military by Lt. Col. Mark Ridley

22.    Thursday, November 1
        Discussion of Some Student Resumes

23.    Tuesday, November 6
        "What Is Your Greatest Weakness?" - How to handle difficult interview questions.

24.    Thursday, November 8
         More discussions on resumes

25.    Tuesday, November 13
         Discussion of the NSA Wiretap at AT&T - How should employees react to illegal projects

26.    Thursday, November 15
          Guest presentation on Interviews and Interviewing Styles by Dr. Kimberly Mullen, Director CSU Career Center

27.    Tuesday, November 20
Second quiz - available on WebCT

         Thursday, November 22 - NO CLASS.  It is Thanksgiving Day

28.    Tuesday, November 27
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