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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


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Course Name
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
Spring
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Required
Course Level
-
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Will be able to comprehend basic issues in engineering and computer ethics
  • Will be able to analyze the impacts of information and communication technologies
  • Will be able to look at the connection between ethics and technology, the ethical issues emerged in the information society
  • Will be able to gain an understanding about the ethical principles, professional responsibilites and codes of conduct via surveying the engineer’s obligations to society, employer and client
Course Description

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
X
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 What is Ethics? Philosophical Ethics Basic Concepts: Responsibility, Accountability and Liability Ethical Analysis (Case Studies & Role Playing) Management Information Systems P.139 , Computer Ethics (4th edtn) P.25–27, 35–51, Management Information Systems P.143, 144, Management Information Systems P.144
2 Society and The Need For ICT Ethics: Two Way Relationship Between Society and Technology The Impacts of ICT; Optimistic, Pessimistic and Contextualist Views Why Computer Ethics The Task Of Computer Ethics (Case Studies & Role Playing) MIS P.139, 140, CE (4th edtn) P.5–22, Computers, Ethics and Society P.161–162, CE (3rd edtn) P.11–13
3 Ethics in ICT Societies: Technology As The Instrumentation Of Human Action Features of ICT Configured Activities and Society (Case Studies & Role Playing) CE (4th edtn) P.55–72, CE (3rd edtn) P.15–16
4 Dependence, Health Problems, Unemployment, Social Relations (Case Studies & Role Playing) MIS 159–167 CEAS P.137–141, 122–128
5 Accuracy, Virtual Environments, Virtual Community, Virtual Action (Case Studies & Role Playing) Ethical Issues In Information Systems P.49–51, CE (3rd edtn) P.194–198, Computers and Ethics in the Cyberage P.393–405, P.100–117
6 Security, Cyber Crime and Abuse (Case Studies & Role Playing) CE (4th edtn) P.145–154
7 Intellectual Property Rights (Case Studies & Role Playing) CE (4rd edtn) P.111–135, MIS P.150–152
8 Midterm
9 Privacy (Case Studies & Role Playing) CE (4rd edtn) P.81–107
10 Democracy and the Internet. Is the Internet a Democratic Technology? (Case Studies & Role Playing) CE (4th edtn) P.72–79, 156–160
11 Access and the Digital Divide (Case Studies & Role Playing) CE (3rd edtn) P.218–224, EIIS P.53, 54, Ethics and Technology P.300–315
12 Professional Ethics in Computing and Engineering (Case Studies & Role Playing) CE (4th edtn) P.165–177
13 Professional Ethics in Computing and Engineering (Case Studies & Role Playing) CE (4th edtn) P.178–192, CEAS P.313–322
14 Project Presentations
15 Project Presentations
16 Project Presentations
Course Notes/Textbooks Computer Ethics; Deborah G. Johnson, Fourth Edition, 2009, Pearson Education, Inc.
Suggested Readings/Materials Management Information Systems – Organization and Technology;
Kenneth C. LaudonJane P. Laudon, Prentice Hall, Inc., 1996 Ethical Issues in Information Systems;
Roy DejoieGeorge FowlerDavid Paradice, Boyd and Fraser Publishing Company, 1991 Computers, Ethics and Society;
M. David ErmanMary B. WilliamsMichele S. Shauf, Oxford University Press, 1997 Computer and Ethics in The Cyberage;
D. Micah HesterPaul J. Ford, PrenticeHall Inc., New Jersey, 2001 Bilişim Toplumu ve Etik Sorunlar;
Gözde Dedeoğlu, Alfa Aktüel Yayınları, 2006 Etik ve Bilişim;
Gözde Dedeoğlu, Etki Yayınları, 2009 (2.baskı) Ethics and Technology – Controversies, Questions, and Strategies for Ethical Computing;
Herman T. Tavani, John Wiley Sons, Inc., Third Edition.
http://www.tbv.org.tr (Türkiye Bilişim Vakfı – Bilişim Mesleği Ahlak İlkeleri)
http://cyberethics.cbi.msstate.edu/biblio/#issues
http://www.cpsr.org (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility)
http://www4.uwm.edu/sois/cipr/inseit.html (International Society for Ethics and Information Technology)
http://www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk (Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility)
http://www.iacap.org/ (International Association for Computer & Philosophy)
http://www.naavi.org/pati/paticybercrimesdec03.htm (CYBER CRIME, Partasarathi Pati)
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnist/169 “RFID Chips Are Here”,
Scott Granneman http://www.bilgitoplumu.gov.tr/btstrateji/BilgiToplumuIstatistikleri.pdf
http://ooofline.blogspot.com/2009/08/turkiyededijitalucurum.html

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
20
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
40
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
1
40
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
3
100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
15
1
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
1
30
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
25
Final Exams
    Total
118

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1 Have sufficient background in mathematics, basic sciences and other related engineering areas and to be able to use this background in the problems of the electrical and electronics  engineering.
2 Be able to identify, formulate and solve electrical and electronics engineering-related problems by using state-of-the-art methods, techniques and equipment.
3 Be able to analyze an electrical and electronics system, system components or process, and to design with realistic limitations to meet the requirements using modern design techniques.
4 Be able to choose and use the required techniques and tools for electrical and electronics engineering applications; to use technical symbols and drawings for communication.
5

Be able to design and do simulation and/or experiment, collect and analyze data and interpret the results.   

6

Be able to work independently and participate in multidisiplinary teams.

X
7

Be conscious of project management, office applications, workers’ health, environment and work safety; awareness of professional and ethical responsibilities and the legal consequences of engineering applications.

X
8

Be able to access information, to do research and use data bases and other information sources.

X
9

Be able to communicate both in oral and written form in English at a minimum level of European Language Portfolio Global Scale Level B1.

10

Have an aptitude, capability and inclination for life-long learning.

X
11

To be able to use a second foreign language at intermediate level.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 

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