PL 312 - Ethical Issues in Engineering and Computer Science

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: PL 201 and one additional PL 200-level course. An ethics course that focuses on social issues, as well as the ethical impact of engineering and information technologies in today's world. Students examine the policy issues that relate to the uses of engineering and information technology in areas such as engineering failures, privacy, computer network security, transborder information flow, and confidentiality.