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 Department:    PHIL

 Course #:    430

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    11.0202

 EPC:    5BB

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Explore legal and ethical concepts in the information technology field. Includes data privacy, explores handling and storing data, licensing, third party requirements, anonymize, Open Source, copyright, intellectual property rights, hacking and fraud. Study the difference between laws and ethics and examine ethical issues encountered in IT to arrive at appropriate ethical choices.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: BASAD Dept. Chair permission.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory N/A  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Identify and analyze statutory, regulatory, constitutional, and organizational laws that affect the software development professional.
2. Evaluate current ethical dilemmas in the technology field including data privacy, hacking, and fraud.
3. Using ethical principles, prepare a recommendation for handling and storing data, licensing, third party requirements, and anonymizing data.
4. Compare and contrast copyright, including Creative Commons, and Open Source software, within the context of intellectual property rights.
5. Compare and contrast diverse perspectives and ethical dilemmas in the application development field and recommend an appropriate response.
6. Given various contracts in the software development field, distinguish enforceable contracts from non-enforceable contracts.
7. Analyze ethical dilemmas that have faced software developers in the past and their response.
8. Demonstrate ethical leadership and teamwork.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Statutory, regulatory, constitutional, and organizational laws that affect the software development professional.
2. Current ethical dilemmas in the technology field including data privacy, hacking and fraud.
3. Ethical principles for handling and storing data, licensing, third party requirements, and anonymizing data.
4. Copyright, including Creative Commons, and Open Source software, within the context of intellectual property rights.
5. Diverse perspectives and ethical dilemmas in the application development field and recommend an appropriate response.
6. Various contracts in the software development field, such as the difference between enforceable contracts from non-enforceable contracts.
7. Ethical dilemmas that have faced software developers in the past and their response.
8. Ethical leadership and teamwork.