Announcements:

• Choose a week and topic
• First come, first served:
• Notify GTA (Mark) to reserve your week
• Coodinate topic with classmates to prevent overlap or duplication

• CS Department: 2050 Torgersen 231-3984
  • Terry Arthur arthurt@vt.edu
  • Libby Bradford bradford@vt.edu
  • CS Information Sessions: by appointment
• Assoc. of Women & Computing / Women in Computing Day
  • http://www.awc.org.vt.edu/
• CS Squared
  • cs2@vt.edu
  • http://www.cs2.org.vt.edu

• Ethics and Technology: Ethical Issues in an Age of Information and Communication Technology , Herman T. Tavani, Wiley.
• Writing Arguments: A rhetoric with readings, Concise Edition, Third Edition (2004) Ramage, J. D., Bean, J.C., Johnson, J. New York: Pearson Longman. ISBN 0-321-16338-9
• Various articles and online materials.

Assignments

• Writing assignments include essays, outlines, and documents:
  • Resume and cover letter: you will begin with a draft of these items (ungraded), which will then be revised based on class discussion and peer review (graded). A third version will be submitted based on feedback from the GTA and instructor.
  • Essays must be in essay form, with introduction, body, and concluding paragraphs. Use twelve (12) point font, with one (1) inch margins on all sides. Instructors will be focusing on one (1) major and one (1) minor point of feedback. Grading of subsequent essays will be based on your response to that feedback.
    • Guidelines for essay writing are linked at Essays and writing rules.
    • Powerpoint Essay Writing Tips
  • A one-page email message (about 250 words) addressing a professional issue: This also will be submitted first as a polished first draft, then revised and resubmitted based on feedback from the GRA and instructor.
  • A business memo: You will compose a formal business communication about a serious (but fictitious) issue.
  • Proposal to a hypothetical work group: This will be the summary to a proposal for research or funding. One (1) page will include NSF style overview, statement of intellectual merit, and broader impact.
  • Article review: Professional and collegial review, criticism, and recommendation for an article.
  • Legal Issues: This explores some recent legal issues and key aspects of the Patriot Act and related legislation as it pertains to computing.

• Presentation:
  • Topic must focus on a "policy vacuum" and/or "conceptual muddle" (see Ethics text for description) related to Cyber-Ethics either current or historical.
  • Each group of 2 students will present at least one 10-20 minute topic in class. Typically, 4 students will be assigned to a week, and they must coordinate among the group to cover the topic without overlap for the week.
  • Each student will be graded individually for their part of the in-class presention.

• Service Learning: Students will serve at least ten (10) hours in out-of-class service role. Several standard options will be provided, but students can negotiate alternatives with the instructor. All service hours must be documented, and a summary letter from the site supervisor must be submitted. Extra hours may garner extra credit.

CS 3604

• Résumé and cover letter
• Various Essays and writing assignments, such as:
  • Email message
  • Memo
  • Article review
  • Proposal
  • Final Exam

• in-class discussions
• group exercises
• questions contributed

• volunteer work
• participation in research
• must not be for pay or for grade
• community service related to computing and engineering professional work is encouraged but not necessary

• Management of topic
• Individual oral presentation
• Group presentation

CS 3604 Fall 2008 Schedule

Week 1 Introduction

Week 2 Writing Resume

Week 3 Reading Arguments

Week 4 Writing Arguments

Week 5 Intro to Ethics and Cyber-Ethics (intro to ethics.ppt)

Week 6

Week 7 Computing Professions & Codes of Ethics

Week 8 MARCH 1 - 9 SPRING BREAK

Week 9 Science, Technology, & Philosophy of Computing

Week 10 Using Evidence

Week 11 Privacy

Week 12 Security and Hacking

Week 13 Open Source and Peer Production

Week 14 Business Writing

Week 15 Patriot Act and Big Brother Technology

Week 16