Nontechnical Aspects of IT Practice

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	460-2053/02
Abbreviation	NAIT
Course title	Nontechnical Aspects of IT Practice
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Computer Science
Course coordinator	RNDr. Eliška Ochodková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

• History of Computing.
• Ethics and the Professions
• Anonymity, Security, Privacy, and Civil Liberties
• Intellectual Property Rights and Computer Technology
• Social Context of Computing
• Software Issues: Risks and Liabilities
• Computer Crimes
• New Frontiers for Computer Ethics: Artificial Intelligence, Virtualization and Virtual Reality, Cyberspace, Biometrics Technologies
• Ethical, Privacy, and Security Issues in the Online Social Network Ecosystem
• Mobile Systems and Their Intractable Social, Ethical and Security Issues

Literature

Kizza, Joseph Migga: Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age, 5th edition. 2013. . Springer Publishing Company.

Advised literature

BYNUM, Terrell: Computer and Information Ethics. 2011. [online] https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2011/entries/ethics-computer/

Van den Hoven, Jeroen, Blaauw, Martijn, Pieters, Wolter and Warnier, Martijn: Privacy and Information Technology. 2014. [online] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/it-privacy/

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