IT 550 Ethics, Law, and Policy in the Information Age

Introduces students to the ethical, legal, and policy issues raised by designing, developing, and using information technology. Issues that are researched and debated in the course include information privacy, environmental conservation, effective energy use, limits on the use of technology, the digital divide, customer profiling, open source, copyright violation, globalization, and outsourcing. Students are expected to independently research the issues, make presentations to the class, and support their case. Students must achieve a minimum grade of B-. (3)