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This document is for compiling a list of technology-related ethics courses (or modules from larger courses) from any discipline.Please pass this along! https://twitter.com/cfiesler/status/931200575873490944
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COURSE TITLEUNIVERSITYDEPARTMENTINSTRUCTORLEVELSYLLABUS NOTESLANGUAGE
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(De-)Coding the DroneBard CollegeComputer ScienceKeith O'HaraUndergraduatehttp://drablab.org/keithohara/cmsc-119-2013f/other CMSC courses also cover some ethics, but not as much as this oneEnglish
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Advanced Interaction & Service Design ConceptsCarnegie MellonDesignDan Lockton and Ahmed AnsariGraduatehttps://medium.com/advanced-interaction-service-design-concepts/syllabus-mdes-seminar-iii-fall-2017-f5118b169498This is a required course for all our Master of Design students, covering ethical, critical, and other perspectives on interaction and service design, primarily technologically oriented, which in practice makes it a kind of fusion of STS and Design Studies with contemporary issues in technology practice also covered. As others have noted, course names can take a long time to be officially updated.English
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AI & the Future of WorkGeorgetown UniversityCommunication, Culture & TechnologyMark MacCarthyGraduatecourse description: https://myaccess.georgetown.edu/pls/bninbp/bwckctlg.p_disp_course_detail?cat_term_in=201730&subj_code_in=CCTP&crse_numb_in=701 ITEnglish
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An Introduction to Software Engineering EthicsSanta Clara UniversityPhilosophyShannon Vallor with Arvind NarayananUndergraduatehttps://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/more/engineering-ethics/an-introduction-to-software-engineering-ethics/can be used with written permission from ETHICS@SCU.EDUEnglish
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Artificial IntelligenceBrownComputer ScienceGeorge KonidarisUndergraduatehttp://cs.brown.edu/courses/csci1410/Week 7 covers the "Philosophy of AI" and Week 8 covers "Social and Ethical Issues."English
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Artificial Intelligence- Philosophy, Ethics, and ImpactStanford UniversityComputer ScienceJerry KaplanUndergraduatehttp://web.stanford.edu/class/cs122/English
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Behavioral Ethics in the Digital AgeUniversity of Texas at AustinComputer ScienceKaren LandoltUndergraduateincludes service learning opportunities with local tech companiesEnglish
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Behind the Data: Humans and ValuesUC BerkeleyInformation SchoolDeirdre Mulligan, Nathan Good, Anna Lauren Hoffmann, Morgan G. AmesGraduatehttps://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/courses/datasci/231Course description not syllabusEnglish
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Big Data, Big ResponsibilityWharton School, University of PennsylvaniaLegal Studies & Business EthicsKevin WerbachMBA and undergraduateemail werbach@upenn.eduEnglish
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Big Data, Policy, and EthicsUC BerkeleyInformation SchoolVariousGraduatehttps://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/courses/info/190/bdpeEnglish
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Biomedical EthicsOld Dominion UniversityPhilosophyYvette PearsonUndergraduateDr. Pearson does research on medical care robots.English
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Code and PowerUniversity of Wisconsin MadisonInformation SchoolDorothea Salo, Reginold Royston, Tracy Lewis-WilliamsUndergraduate, Graduatehttps://dsalo.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CodeAndPower2017.pdfSyllabus CC0. Salo happy to share materials with others.English
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Code as Literacy, Commodity, InfrastructureUniversity of Technology SydneyCommunicationsJames MeeseUndergraduateemail james.meese@uts.edu.auLanched in Spring 16. Core for Digital and Social Media major studentsEnglish
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Computational Ethics for NLPCarnegie MellonYulia Tsvetkov, Alan Blackhttp://demo.clab.cs.cmu.edu/ethical_nlp/English
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Computer EthicsDe Montfort UniversityComputer Science and InformaticsSara WilfordUndergraduateNot onlineIMAT3902, required module for business computing and computer science students. Run by the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, http://www.dmu.ac.uk/ccsr English
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Computers and SocietyColumbia UniversityComputer ScienceSteven M. BellovinUndergraduatehttps://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/classes/s18/Seven units; the first is on ethics. All of my slides are Creative Commons-licensed.English
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Computers and Society Bucknell UniversityComputer ScienceL. Felipe PerroneUndergraduateTBAEnglish
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Computers, Ethics, and Public Policy Computer ScienceAllison Berke, Keith WinsteinUndergraduatehttps://stanfordcs181.github.io/English
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Computing for the socio-technical webWellesley CollegeComputer ScienceCatherine Grevet DelcourtUndergraduatehttp://cs.wellesley.edu/~cs115/It's a required course for the Media Arts and Sciences major, and the only non-CS-major course offered by the CS department. Aimed for first years and sophomores.English
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Computing, AI, and PhilosophyCarnegie MellonPhilosophyMate SzaboUndergraduate
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Contemporary Issues in Computer ScienceUniversity of Texas at AustinComputer SciencevariousUndergraduaterotating topics/instructors, always includes ethics of CSEnglish
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Cybersecurity EthicsOld Dominion UniversityPhilosophyTeresa Kouri Kissel, D.E. WittkowerUndergraduateIn development for Fall 2018, part of our interdisciplinary BS in Cybersecurity.English
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Data & the CityUniversity of Washington TacomaUrban Studies (GIS is housed here)Jim ThatcherUndergraduateemail jethatch@uw.edu (changes yearly)300 level, counts as core within both Urban Studies and GIS degreesEnglish
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Data and EthicsUC BerkeleyInformation SchoolAnna Lauren HoffmannUndergraduatehttps://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/courses/info/088English
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Data and Society
Indiana University, Bloomington
InformaticsEden Medina, David Wild, Christopher MilesGraduateTBDNew course being taught for data science M.S. students with hopes that it will become a core part of the curriculum.English
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Data EthicsGeorgetown UniversityPhilosophyMaggie Little, Elizabeth EdenbergUndergraduateEnglish
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Data Sources and ManipulationUniversity of Maryland College ParkInformation SchoolDonal HeidenbladUndergraduateemail: dheidenb@umd.edu (Will publish soon, it is in development)In development for spring 2018- This is an data munging/wrangling class, from raw text/web/{x} to clean dataset for analysis or re-use. It will include discussions on the ethical issues surrounding data collection, biases of data, sharing of data, etc.English
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Data, Politics, & Power: Critical and Ethical Perspectives on Big Data and Algorithms
University of WashingtonInformation SchoolAnna Lauren HoffmannGraduatehttp://annaeveryday.com/new-graduate-seminar-on-data-politics-and-power/Designed as a doctoral-level seminar. Focused on tracing issues of power/ethics from historical cases (censuses, early passports and ID docs) through to contemporary questions of automation and digitization.English
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Data: past, present, and futureColumbia UniversityHistory and Applied MathematicsMatt Jones and Chris WigginsUndergraduatehttps://data-ppf.github.io/no prerequisites, attempts to balance view from history of science with practitioners in ML / data science; combines functional literacy with critical literacyEnglish
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Deconstructing Data ScienceUC BerkeleyInformation SchoolDavid BammanGraduatehttps://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/courses/info/290/ddsEnglish
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Digital Citizenship, Open Access CourseUniversity of AlaskaLearning, Design and Technology MastersJason OhlerGraduatehttp://www.jasonohler.com/wordpressii/Now two years old, but feel free to use if helpfulEnglish
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Digital EthicsUniversity of Texas at AustinCommunication StudiesScott StroudUndergraduateethics of digital/online mediaEnglish
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Digital EthicsUniversity of Central FloridaTexts & Technology / PhilosophyJonathan BeeverGraduatehttps://www.cah.ucf.edu/common/files/syllabi/PHI69380001Spring2016.pdfEnglish
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Digital Media EthicsDePaul UniversityCollege of Communication, Digital Communication and Media Arts MA programmultiple professorsGraduateemail pbooth@depaul.edu for a copyEnglish
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Economics, Law and EthicsUniversity of CambridgeDepartment of Computer Science and TechnologyRoss AndersonUndergraduatehttps://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/1718/EconLaw/English
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EECS Ethics and Diversity Oregon state universityComputer SciencePrasad TadepalliGraduateNot onlineRequired class for graduate studentsEnglish
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Engineering EthicsMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyEngineering Systems DivisionTaft BroomeGraduatehttps://ocw.mit.edu/courses/engineering-systems-division/esd-932-engineering-ethics-spring-2006/syllabus/May no longer be offered, syllabus archived from 2005.English
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Engineering, The Environment, and Society
UC BerkeleyEngineeringVariousUndergraduateEnglish
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Ethical & Policy Dimensions of Information, Technology, and New MediaUniversity of Colorado BoulderInformation ScienceCasey FieslerUndergraduate, Graduatehttps://informationethicspolicy.wordpress.com/materials are CC-licensedEnglish
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Ethical and Social Implications of DataMarquette UniversityComputer ScienceShion GuhaUndergraduate, Graduateemail shion.guha@marquette.eduwill add more detail here when avlEnglish
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Ethical Foundations for Information Security
Fachhochschule St. Pölten
informatik & securityDavi OttenheimerGraduate
http://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=21905
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Ethical Foundations of Computer ScienceUniversity of Texas at AustinComputer ScienceAlison NormanUndergraduatenew course for all CS studentsEnglish
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Ethical Issues in EngineeringStanford UniversityEngineeringRobert McGinnUndergraduateEnglish
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Ethical Issues in Science and TechnologyStevens Institute of TechnologyPhilosophyMichael SteinmannUndergraduateCS undergrads required to take either this or Computers and SocietyEnglish
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Ethics & Policy in Data ScienceCornell UniversityInformation ScienceSolon BarocasUndergraduate, Graduatehttps://drive.google.com/open?id=1GV97qqvjQNvyM2I01vuRaAwHe9pQAZ9pbP7KkKveg1oEnglish
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Ethics and CybertechnologyTexas A&M UniversityPhilosophyGlen MillerUndergraduateTBDNew course in catalog in Fall 2018; taught as a directed studies and special topics twice.English
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Ethics and Social Issues in AICornell UniversityComputer ScienceJoseph Halpern, Bart SelmanUndergraduatehttp://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs4732/2017sp/English
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Ethics and the Digital AgeSanta Clara UniversityPhilosophyShannon VallorUndergraduateEnglish
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Ethics for AI, Robotics, and Human-Robot Interaction
Tufts UniversityComputer ScienceMatthias Scheutz, Thomas ArnoldGraduateEnglish
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Ethics for CS & EEOregon Health & Science UniversityJill Dolata, Steven Bedrickhttp://cslu.ohsu.edu/~bedricks/courses/cs692/English
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Ethics for EngineersMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCivil Engineering, cross listed among several other departmentsBernhardt L TroutUndergraduatehttps://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/10/fa17/10.01/index.html
Integrates classical readings that provide an overview of ethics with a survey of case studies that focus on ethical problems arising in the practice of engineering. Readings taken from a variety of sources, such as Aristotle, Machiavelli, Bacon, Hobbes, Locke, the Founding Fathers, and the Bible. Case studies include written analyses and films that address engineering disasters, biotechnology, court cases, ethical codes, and the ultimate scope and aims of engineering. Students taking independent inquiry version 6.9041 expand the scope of their term project.
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Ethics In A Digital WorldGuilford CollegePhilosophyVance RicksUndergraduateemail vricks@guilford.edu for a copy!This course is an elective in the Philosophy major, in the Cybersecurity major, and in the CTIS (Computing Technology and Information Systems) major.English
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Ethics in BioengineeringStanford UniversityBioengineeringRuss Altman, Dave MagnusUndergraduateEnglish
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Ethics in ComputingSeattle UniversityComputer Science and Software EngineeringVariousGraduatenot onlineExamination of the role and impact of information and communication
technology in society, with emphasis on ethical, professional,
and public policy issues.
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Ethics in Data ScienceUniversity of UtahComputer ScienceKatie Shelef & Suresh VenkatasubramanianUndergraduate, Graduatehttp://www.cs.utah.edu/~suresh/courses/ethics.htmlfocus on CS students that are interested in data science. organized around the idea of the analytics pipeline and the ethics of choices one makes English
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Ethics in Data Science New York UniversityApplied Statistics Laura NorénGraduateEnglish
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Ethics in GamesUniversity of UtahEntertainment Arts & EngineeringJose ZagalGraduateemail me! (jose.zagal@utah.edu)English
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Ethics in MathematicsUniversity of CambridgeMathematicsDr Maurice ChiodoUndergraduate, Graduatehttps://cueims.soc.srcf.net/seminarsRunning for 2 years, also host guest speakers some videos for which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXYvnBHXYKz6lSywJiPod4Q. More will be added shortly. Please email if interested (email addresses on website).English
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Ethics in New Media, Technology, & CommunicationCornell UniversityInformation Science & CommunicationDawn SchraderEnglish
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Ethics in NLPUniversity of WashingtonLinguisticsEmily Benderhttp://faculty.washington.edu/ebender/2017_575/English
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Ethics in the Digital AgeGeorgetown UniversityMBAElizabeth EdenbergGraduateEnglish
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Ethics in VideogamesUniversity of UtahEntertainment Arts & EngineeringJose ZagalUndergraduateemail me! (jose.zagal@utah.edu)sometimes cross-listed with philosophyEnglish
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Ethics of Artificial IntelligenceUniversity of EdinburghPhilosophyMark SprevakUndergraduatehttp://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/17-18/dpt/cxphil10167.htmEnglish
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Ethics of Big Data
Fachhochschule St. Pölten
informatik & securityDavi OttenheimerGraduate
http://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=22640
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Ethics of Computational ScienceWestern New England UniversityPhilosophyValerie RacineUndergraduateTBDBrand new for Spring 18; Previously, CS majors took Business Ethics, and IT majors took any philosophyEnglish
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Ethics, Law & Profession of CSUniv. Complutense de MadridComputer Science (Dpt AI & Sw Eng)Samer Hassan <samer@ucm.es>
Sara Román
Marcos Sánchez-Elez
Undergraduatehttps://github.com/s-a-m/UCM-Fdi-ELPCompilations of links by topic. Course is in Spanish, but majority of materials in English. Mandatory for 4 CS majors, running from 2012. We use participatory & experimental methodologies. Everything open-licensed. The Github project is new, we'll be uploading our materials in the following months.Spanish
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Exploring the ethical questions of new technology
University of WashingtonCommunicationKaty PearceGraduatehttps://www.academia.edu/19990892/COM_597E_Black_Mirror_Exploring_the_ethical_questions_of_new_technology_-_Winter_2016Class organized around the show Black Mirror. Teaching again Spring 2018.English
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Fairness in Machine LearningPrinceton UniversityComputer ScienceArvind NarayananGraduateEmail arvindn@cs.princeton.eduEnglish
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Fairness in Machine LearningUC BerkeleyComputer ScienceMoritz HardtGraduatehttps://fairmlclass.github.io/TechnicalEnglish
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Foundations of Internet PolicyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyElectrical Engineering and Computer ScienceDaniel Weitzner, Harold Abelson, Michael FisherUndergraduatehttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1hErs-q-6YBSCiEaZrILST6ZNokDUI_dwP-1DZH686kg/pubPreviously titled "Ethics and Law on the Electronic Frontier", with an archived syllabus at https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-805-ethics-and-the-law-on-the-electronic-frontier-fall-2005/English
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Frontier AI & Robotics: Law & EthicsDuke LawLawJeff WardGraduatehttps://law.duke.edu/academics/course/592/English
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Global Internet FreedomGeorgetown UniversityCommunication, Culture & TechnologyLeslie HarrisGraduatecourse description: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/faculty-class-detail?courseid=CCTP-761-01&semester=Fall+2017English
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Governing Automated DecisionsGeorgetown UniversityLawDavid RobinsonGraduateEmail dgr32@law.georgetown.eduhttp://apps.law.georgetown.edu/curriculum/tab_courses.cfm?Status=Course&Detail=2854English
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Governing Emerging TechnologiesGeorgetown UniversityCommunication, Culture & TechnologyMark MacCarthy, Meg Leta JonesGraduatecourse description: https://myaccess.georgetown.edu/pls/bninbp/bwckctlg.p_disp_course_detail?cat_term_in=201730&subj_code_in=CCTP&crse_numb_in=799English
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Human Rights Investigations LabUC BerkeleyMultipleAlexa Koenig, Felim McMahon, Eric Stover, Andrea LamprosUndergraduate and Graduate
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Human-Centred Data ScienceUniversity of Washington
Data Science/Human Centred Design & Engineering
Oliver Keyes & Jonathan Morgan
Graduate
Not up yet but happy to chat at okeyes@uw.edu
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Human/Algorithm InteractionNorthwestern UniversityCommunication StudiesMike DeVito (Winter 2018)Undergraduatehttps://mikedevito.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/394_humanalgointeraction_w18_11-51.pdfUpper division research seminar; values, potential biases, and sociocultural effects of tech decisionmaking coveredEnglish
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ICT Law & PolicyGeorgetown UniversityCommunication, Culture & TechnologyMeg Leta Jones, Leslie HarrisGraduatecourse description: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/course-catalog/a1o36000001MnPjAAK/CCTP-658-01#/00336000014TkzDAAS/English
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Information EcosystemsUniversity of Colorado BoulderInformation ScienceCasey FieslerUndergraduatehttps://informationecosystems.wordpress.combroader class that has 3-ish weeks on ethics-related thingsEnglish
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Information Ethics
Indiana University, Bloomington
InformaticsVariousUndergraduateFulfills the ethics requirement for informatics undergrad students.English
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Information EthicsUniversity of Maryland College ParkInformation SchoolVariousGraduatehttps://ischool.umd.edu/sites/default/files/syllabi/inst610_fall_2014_syllabus.pdfEnglish
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Information Ethics and PolicyUniversity of Wisconsin MadisonInformation SchoolAlan RubelGraduateEnglish
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Information Ethics, Law, & PolicyCornell UniversityInformation ScienceSteve Jackson, Karen LevyUndergraduateEnglish
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Information Law and PolicyUC BerkeleyInformation SchoolDeirdre MulliganGraduatehttps://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/courses/info/205English
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Information PolicyUniversity of British ColumbiaMedia StudiesLisa NathanUndergraduatelisa.nathan@ubc.ca"traditional" name for a new course taught fall 17. Need better ways to address agency. Next time more seminars and more ethics of care, feminist ethics from the start.English
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Information PolicyUniversity of British ColumbiaiSchoolLisa NathanGraduatelisa.nathan@ubc.caoverhauling (sadly takes years to shift course names at UBC)English
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Information Practice and Protocol in Support of Indigenous InitaitivesUniversity of British ColumbiaiSchoolLisa NathanGraduatelisa.nathan@ubc.caDisruptive course for all involved, challenging professional norms and bias. Decolonize the information professions and what do imagine/design next?English
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Information Security Law and PolicyNortheastern UniversityLawAndrea MatwyshynGraduateemail a.matwyshyn@northeastern.eduEnglish
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Information Technology EthicsUniversity of Wisconson-MilwaukeeInformation StudiesMichael ZimmerUndergraduate100-level class offered every semester for 8-10 years nowEnglish
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Information Technology EthicsUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE
School of Information Studies
Undergraduatehttps://www.academia.edu/1745177/Fall_2011_Syllabus_for_L_and_I_SCI_Information_Technology_EthicsEnglish
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Intelligent Systems: Design and Ethical ChallengesHarvard CollegeComputer ScienceBarbara GroszUndergraduateEnglish
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International/Comparative Privacy & SurveillanceGeorgetown UniversityCommunication, Culture & TechnologyMeg Leta JonesGraduatecourse description: https://myaccess.georgetown.edu/pls/bninbp/bwckctlg.p_disp_course_detail?cat_term_in=201730&subj_code_in=CCTP&crse_numb_in=708English
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Internet Law and PolicyNortheastern UniversityLawAndrea MatwyshynGraduateemail a.matwyshyn@northeastern.eduEnglish
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Introduction to Digital InformationUniversity of Wisconsin MadisonInformation SchoolDorothea SaloUndergraduatehttps://dsalo.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/351syll2017sp.pdfIncludes discussion of search-engine bias, online surveillance, accessibility as ethical imperative. Salo happy to share materials with others. Syllabus CC0.English
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Introduction to Geospatial TechnologiesUniversity of Washington TacomaUrban Studies (GIS is housed here)Jim ThatcherGraduateemail jethatch@uw.edu (changes yearly)500 level graduate course. Required for Master's in Geospatial TechnologiesEnglish
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Introduction to Law and Ethics in LSTSwiss Federal Institute of TechnologyLife Sciences and TechnologyGaia Barazetti, Dominique SprumontUndergraduatehttp://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/introduction-to-law-and-ethics-in-lst-BIO-455French
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Introduction to Research and EthicsDe Montfort UniversityComputer Science and InformaticsCatherine FlickUndergraduateNot onlineIMAT2704, required class for 2nd year business computing students. Teaches literature review techniques and critical thinking/writing with topic on ethical/social impact of technology. Run by the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, http://www.dmu.ac.uk/ccsr English