This course will provide a framework for examining the social context and consequences of information technology. Society, social change, and effects on the individual related to the use of computers will be the major concentrations. Emphases will include values, ethics, patterns, future directions, and relevant theories related to these phenomena.   Students must have satisfied their A2 requirement before taking courses that reinforce writing skills.
Students must have satisfied their B4 requirement before taking courses that reinforce quantitiative reasoning. 3 semester units. 3 units lecture (150 minutes)
Satisfies upper division general education requirement for area B for the theme Revolutionary Ideas and Innovations. 
A Gift of Fire, 4th edition, Sara Baase, Pearson, 2013, ISBN-13 978-0-13-249267-6
None Steve Garcia Goal TR-1: Students will be able to identify and critically evaluate major consequences and implications of a revolutionary idea or innovation. Revolutionary ideas may be economic, social, ethical, cultural, political, and/or scientific, among others.

Outcome TR-1A: Students will identify the major consequences and implications of a revolutionary idea or innovation.
Outcome TR-1B: Students will critically evaluate the major consequences and implications of a revolutionary idea or innovation.

Goal 1: Students will demonstrate proficiency in quantitative reasoning.

Outcome QR-1A: Students will correctly utilize mathematical calculations and estimation skills.
Outcome QR-1B: Students will demonstrate quantitative reasoning skills.
Outcome QR-1C: Students will successfully apply quantitative reasoning skills to the real world.

Goal 2: Students will demonstrate proficiency in written communication.

Outcome WR-1A: Students will create proficient thesis statements.
Outcome WR-1B: Students will use discourse-appropriate syntax.
Outcome WR-1C: Students will use logical reasoning, at the appropriate level, to develop a text.
Outcome WR-1D: Students will use logical reasoning, at the appropriate level, to develop and organize ideas.

Not applicable to this course.

Chapter 1	Ethics	Week 1 and 2
Chapter 1	History and Concepts	Week 3
Chapter 3	Free Speech	Week 4 and 5
Chapter 4	Intellectual Property	Week 5 and 6
Chapter 2	Privacy	Week 6 to 8
Chapter 5	Crime	Week 9 and 10
Chapter 8	Errors, failure, risk	Week 11 and 12
Chapter 6	Employment and economics	Week 12 and 13
Chapter 7	The future	Week 14 and 15

  Not applicable to this course. Steve Garcia on July 30 2014
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