Social-Professional Aspects of Informatics
Code
11191
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Informática
Credits
3.0
Teacher in charge
Maria Armanda Simenta Rodrigues Grueau, Pedro Abílio Duarte de Medeiros
Weekly hours
2
Total hours
29
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
Knowledge:
- Integration of information technologies in the society
- professional ethics
Application:
- Analysis of controversies and moral impacts of information technology
Soft Skills:
- oral and written presentation skills
- attitudes that affect career development
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Subject matter
1 - Evolution of Information Systems in Society
2 - Role of IT Professionals in Society
3 - Career development
4 - Introduction to Ethics applied to IT, according to recommendations of the ACM / IEEE-CS
5 - Privacy and Anonymity
6 - Intellectual property, copyright and patents
7 - Piracy and cybercrime
Bibliography
IEEE-CS/ACM Joint Task Force on Software Engineering Ethics and Professional Practices http://www.acm.org/about/se-code/
Herman T. Tavani, Ethics and Technology: Controversies, Questions, and Strategies for Ethical Computing, Third Edition, 2011, Wiley
Michael J. Quinn, Ethics for the Information Age, Second Edition, 2006, Addison Wesley
Teaching method
The course is based in seminars; according with this organization the elements of assessment are:
- Class participation (weighting 30%). It is mandatory to be present in at least 10 seminars.
- Production of a short report about one of the topics of the 2nd part of the course (weight 50 %) and its presentation (20%).
Evaluation method
The course is based in seminars; according with this organization the elements of assessment are:
- Class participation: mark PA = (number_of_presences /12) * 20
- This mark will be confirmed by the teachers based on the students behavior in class
- Answers to Moodle questionnaires: mark QM
- Production of a short report about one of the topics of the course and its presentation, plus the evaluation of the reports and presentation of colleagues: mark NS
- Final Grade= 0.65*NS+0.20*PA+0.15*QM