Main objectives of the course are the basic understanding of the history of IT, awareness of current issues, and familiarity with ethics. The course provides an overview of ethical theories and related problems such as privacy, networking, security, and reliability. The course presents issues such as government supervision, computer crimes, and intellectual property from all points of view. Global issues such as cyberspace, cybernetics, social networking, and online crimes will be reviewed. This course aims to challenge students to think critically and enables them to draw their own conclusion. Besides they will learn to balance divergent thoughts which eventually prepare them to become responsible and ethical professionals as a team, as well as individual users of innovative technologies.
MID Summaries( 2019) (You will be responsible Ch1-2(first 15 slides)-3 and 10)
Final Summaries(2019) (You will be responsible Ch1-7 +10)