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YZM2015 | Engineering and IT Ethics | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | Level of Course | First Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of SOFTWARE ENGINEERING | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Öğr. Gör. Dr Zeynep ŞAHİN TİMAR | Co-Lecturer | | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | This course focuses on the issue of ethics in information technology. In addition, information ethics, information technology-related course as the ethical, legal and social aspects are addressed. |
Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | explain the IT ethics | | | LO - 2 : | organize their professional life according to law | | | LO - 3 : | apply privacy and security rules to their professional life. | | | LO - 4 : | evaluate their behavior and decisions related to intellectual property rights. | | | LO - 5 : | Internet and information technology-related crime and take measures against crime. | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | |
Introduction to Ethics and information technology, ethical values and concepts, the structure of ethical theories. Professional ethics and responsibility. Security and network ethics. Personality and Internet environments, privacy, and security. Intellectual property and waste values. Copyright protection methods patent rights, copyrights, and professional responsibility, and license agreements. Security issues, hacking and cracking. Internet computing environments to be problems in the trial. Internet and criminals. Electronic Commerce. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Introduction to IT Ethics | | Week 2 | Concepts and Theories of Ethics | | Week 3 | Professional Ethics and Responsibility | | Week 4 | Responsibility | | Week 5 | Privacy and IT Environments | | Week 6 | Privacy and Security | | Week 7 | Intellectual Property and IT Ethics | | Week 8 | Copyright and Patent Rights | | Week 9 | Midterm Exam | | Week 10 | License Aggreements | | Week 11 | Cyber Crimes | | Week 12 | Cyber crimes ve protection | | Week 13 | Internet and cyber crimes | | Week 14 | Electronic Commerce and Cyber Crimes | | Week 15 | IT, social problems and effects | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | |
1 | Herman T. Tavani, (2007) Ethics and Technology: Ethical Issues in an Age of Information and Communication Technology, Wiley. | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 1 | 30 | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | | 2 | 20 | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 50 | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 2 | 2 | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 3 | 6 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | Total work load | | | 52 |
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