Module Descriptor School of Computer Science and Statistics
Module Code | CS1081 |
Module Name | Computers and Society |
Module Short Title | N/a |
ECTS | 5 |
Semester Taught | Michaelmas |
Contact Hours | Lecture hours: 3 Lab hours: 0 Tutorial hours: 0 Total hours: 3 |
Module Personnel | Brendan Tangney |
Learning Outcomes | When students have successfully completed this module they should be able to:
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Learning Aims | When students have successfully completed this module they should be able to:
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Module Content | IT and its “impact” on society; models for assessing technological “impact”; history of IT; ethics; writing, presenting and argumentation; other topics. |
Recommended Reading List | Computerization and Controversy - Value Conflicts and Social Choices. (2nd Edition) R. Kling (Editor) Academic Press. (ARTS 301.24 N64). The Victorian Internet : the remarkable story of the telegraph and the nineteenth century's online pioneers . Standage, Tom, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998, 216 pages. S-LEN 621.382 N993 |
Module Prerequisites | None |
Assessment Details | % Exam: 0 |
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Academic Year of Data | N/a |