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The last day to withdraw without failure is Friday, October 11, 2013. The final exam for the course will last two and a half hours and will take place on Thursday, December 12, 2013, at 1600 in the classroom (SWGN 2A14). This is the regularly scheduled time for courses taught from 1625 to 1715 on Thursdays. ( See the university exam schedule.) See here for the fall 2013 academic calendar. The syllabus is subject to change: this is especially true of homework.
| Day | Topic | Homework |
|---|---|---|
| (1) August 22 | Philosophical inventory; Introduction; The Computer as a humanizing agent (Chs.1-2 [B]) | TBD |
| (2) August 29 | Talk on careers by Ms. Jennifer Whetstone-Jackson of the USC Career Center: The Value of Experiential Learning | TBD |
| (3) September 5 | Philosophic Belief Systems: Idealism and Realism (Ch 3 [B]) | TBD |
| (4)September 12 | Philosophic Belief Systems: Pragmatism and Existentialism (Ch 3 [B]) The possibility of a unifying ethical theory. (Ch. 5 [B]) | TBD |
| (5) September 19 | The ethical decision-making process (Ch. 6 [B]). | TBD |
| (6) September 26 | The ethical decision-making process, ctd. Psychology and computer ethics (Ch.7 [B]) | TBD |
| (7) October 3 | The computing field as a profession (Ch.8 [B]) | TBD |
| (8) October 10 | Computer-related codes of ethics (Ch.9 [B]) | TBD |
| October 17 | Fall Break | NA |
| (9) October 24 | Presentation by Prof. Duncan Buell on Voting Machines | TBD |
| (10) October 31 | TBD | TBD |
| (11) November 7 | Three case studies for the Joint Software Engineer's Code | TBD |
| (12) November 14 | Presentation by Dr. Csilla Farkas on Computer Security and Information Assurance | TBD |
| (13) November 21 | Student Presentations | TBD |
| November 28 | Thanksgiving Recess | NA |
| (14) December 5 | Student Presentations | TBD |