CSC 385 Professional and Ethical Issues in Computing
Section 800 (TUESDAY f2f)

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ETHICS in TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY WRITING
  Assignments are DUE by 2359.
Days DUE change throughout the term and are NOT always the same.
It is YOUR responsibility to be aware of deadlines.
Textbooks
Ethics in TechnologyCreative Commons

Instructor's Office Hours:

 0900 - 1000
via Zoom

TA Office Hours:

 

 Ethics in Technology
Do NOT purchase these books.


Schedule Quickview (Subject to Change)

 

WEEK DATE TOPIC ASSIGNMENT
   
  • General UNCW Announcements and Important Dates:
    • 01/05: Semester Begins
    • 01/12: Classes Begin
    • 01/19: MLK - no classes
    • 01/20: Last day to drop/add courses
    • 01/26: Census Day
    • 03/02 - 03/08: Spring Break
    • 03/18: Last day to withdraw with a "W" for undergrad
    • 04/02: No classes offered, but UNCW is open
    • 04/03: University Holiday
    • 04/28: Thursday class meets even though it is a Tuesday
    • 04/30: Reading Day and final presentations in lieu of an exam
    • 05/08: Final Presentations (Exam) for this class (if not done on Reading Day)
  Extra Credit Opportunities   See the specific week's asignments in Canvas that holds these events for specifics on how to acquire the extra credit.
PLEASE WATCH DEADLINES...THEY DON'T ALL END ON THE SAME DAY OF THE WEEK.
       
01 13 JAN 26

Intro to Course
Overview of Syllabus
Course Expectations

  • Course Email Communication
TO DO:
  • Handshake Account Proof
    • DUE 29 JAN 26 at 2359
     
  15 JAN 26 Asynchronouse Work Day Assignments due at 2359
TO DO:
  • Chapter 01:
    Professional Communications
    • Email Communication Assignments
    • DUE 2359 15 JAN 26
  • READ: Chapter 02:
    Introduction, Ethical Frameworks and Personal Lenses
     
02 20 JAN 26 Ethics text:
Chapter 2: Introduction, Ethical Frameworks and Personal Lenses		  
     
  22 JAN 26 Asynchronouse Work Day Assignments due at 2359
TO DO:
  • Chapter 02:
    Audience Analysis
    • Identify your analysis
    • Submit audience analysis
      • DUE 22 JAN 26 by 2359
  • Chapter 13
    Communicating Across Cultures
    • Identify your cultural context using Myer's self-assessment (do not pay for it) "What's Your Cultural Profile?"
    • Submit your summary of outcomes: what was new to you? what wasn't new? what do you think this says about the culture you grew up in and how it affects interactions with your audience.
    • DUE 22 JAN 26
  • READ: Chapter 03:
    Defining Ethics and Related Terminology
     
03 27 JAN 26 Ethics text:
 Chapter 3: Defining Ethics and Related Terminology
 		 
       
  29 JAN 26 Asynchronouse Work Day Assignments due at 2359
TO DO:
  • Chapter 12
    Employment Materials
    • Resume with Career Services Feedback
    • DUE 29 FEB 26
  • Chapter 14
    Thinking about Writing
    • Submit a topic that has an ethical issue with it where you have taken a "side".
      • Submit the topic
      • Identify your side
      • Identify the "other" side
     
04 03 FEB 26 Dr. Christina Chapman
UNCW Career Services
TO DO:

VIEW Presentation Rubric

 
       
  05 FEB 26 Asynchronouse Work Day Assignments due at 2359
TO DO:
  • Chapter 03
    Proposals
    • Proposal for your final paper topics
  • READ: Chapter 04:
    Ethics for Tech Developers and Tech Consumers
     
05 10 FEB 26 Ethics text:
 Chapter 4: Ethics for Tech Developers and Tech Consumers		  
       
  12 FEB 26
  • BIG Interview
    • DUE 12 FEB 26 at 2359
  • Six verbs that make you sound weak
TO DO:
  • READ: Chapter 05:
    Cybersecurity, Hacking, and Digital Identity
     
06 17 FEB 26 Ethics text:
 Chapter 5: Cybersecurity, Hacking, and Digital Identity		  
18 FEB 26

ALERTSpring Career & Internship Fair
  19 FEB 26 LinkedIn
  • Connect to instructor
    (be professional)
  • Connect to minimum 5 businesses from attending career fair
    (be professional)
TO DO:
  • Chapter 04:
    Information Literacy
    • Submission of an annodated bibliography for your topic
  • READ: Chapter 06:
    Technology, Justice, and Social Equity
     
07 24 FEB 26 Ethics text:
 Chapter 6: Technology, Justice, and Social Equity		  
       
  26 FEB 26 Asynchronouse Work Day Assignments due at 2359
TO DO:
  • Chapter 05:
    Citations and Plagiarism
     
  • Plagiarism Certification test
    • DUE 2359 on
      26 FEB 2026
  • Put the references for the final paper into correct MLA format
    • DUE 2359 on
      26 FEB 2026
  • READ: Chapter 07:
    Technology in Personal and Social Life
     
08 03 MAR 26 SPRING BREAK
     
  05 MAR 26 SPRING BREAK
     
09 10 MAR 26 Ethics text:
 Chapter 7: Technology in Personal and Social Life
TO DO:
  • Chapter 06:
    Progress Reports
  • Chapter 07:
    Outline
    • Create outline of your final paper
    • DUE 10 MAR 2026 by 2359
       
  12 MAR 26 Asynchronouse Work Day Assignments due at 2359
TO DO:
  • READ: Chapter 08:
    Privacy, Surveillance, and Data Ethics
     
10 17 MAR 26 Ethics text:
 Chapter 8: Privacy, Surveillance, and Data Ethics
TO DO:
       
  19 MAR 26 Asynchronouse Work Day Assignments due at 2359
TO DO:
  • Chapter 08:
    Creating and Integrating Graphics
    • Identify 3 areas of final paper that could be enhanced by graphics
      • Two of the images must be created by you
      • One image can be an existing image
      • DUE 19 MAR 26 by 2359
  • READ: Chapter 09:
    Digital Communication, Social Media, Misinformation and Democracy
     
11 24 MAR 26 Ethics text:
 Chapter 9: Digital Communication, Social Media, Misinformation and Democracy
TO DO:
       
  26 MAR 26 Asynchronouse Work Day Assignments due at 2359
TO DO:
  • Chapter 09:
     Ethics in Technical Writing
    • Review the 3 approaches to ethics and how you would use them to convince someone to your side of the ethical dilemma of your final paper:
      • Ethos
      • Pathos
      • Logos
        • DUE 26 MAR 26 by 2359
    • Review three ethics theories (from the pdf in Canvas) and use them to support your position regarding the ethical dilemma of your final paper.
      • DUE 26 MAR 26 by 2359
  • READ: Chapter 10:
    Intellectual Property, Digital Art, and Emergining Economies
     
12 31 MAR 26 Ethics text:
Chapter 10: Intellectual Property, Digital Art, and Emerging Economies
TO DO:
  • Chapter 10:
     Technical Report: Components and Design
    • Access the report template and complete the components identified in this chapter that you will use in the template.
  • READ: Chapter 11:
    Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Robotics, and Algorithmic Ethics
     
  02 APR 26 UNCW Holiday - no classes
     
13 07 APR 26 Ethics text:
Chapter 11: Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Robotics, and Algorithmic Ethics
TO DO:
       
  09 APR 26 Asynchronouse Work Day Assignments due at 2359
TO DO:
  • Chapter 11:
     Basic Design and Readability
    • Combine all components into the final format.
  • READ: Chapter 12:
    Bioethics and Human Enhancement
     
14 14 APR 26 Ethics text:
Chapter 12: Bioethics and Human Enhancement		  
       
  16 APR 26 Asynchronouse Work Day Assignments due at 2359
  • READ: Chapter 13:
    Technological Disrupton and the Paradox of Progress
     
15 21 APR 26 Ethics text:
 Chapter 13: Technological Disruption and the Paradox of Progress		  
       
  23 APR 26 Asynchronouse Work Day Assignments due at 2359  
     
16 28 APR 26ALERT This is a THURSDAY class...despite it being on a Tuesday Asynchronouse Work Day Assignments due at 2359
     
ALERT 30 APR 26 READING DAY Showcase Presentations
     
ALERT 08 MAY 26 Presentations if not done on 30 APR 26