In addition to developing a application for a real world client, students must complete an ethics part of this course.

Each student is required to present a different section from our ethics textbook, A Gift of Fire.

This book explores the social, legal, philosophical, ethical, political, constitutional, and economic implications of computing and the controversies they raise. With a computer scientist’s perspective, and with historical context for many issues, she covers the issues students will face both as members of a technological society and as professionals in computer-related fields. A primary goal is to develop computer professionals who understand the implications of what they create and how it fits into society at large.

This part of the course gives students the opportunity to give a professional presentation. We encourage the presenters to engage the rest of the class in a discussion about the topic presented.