DRAFT

ELearning resources are an essential component of this course. You will need to be committed to participating in online discussions and checking the website at least every second day.

Lecture Schedule

Theme	Week	Topic	Assignment Submission	Chapter
	1	Introduction
Networks & Security	2	Spam, Censorship Social Impact	Case 1	3
	3	Spam, Censorship Social Impact		3
	4	Hacking & Viruses	Annotated Bibliography Case 2	6
	5	Hacking & Viruses		6
Regulatory	6	Intellectual Property	Essay Case 3	4
		Mid-Session Break
	7	Privacy	FYI Deliverable 1	5
	8	Public Holiday	Case 4
Work Issues	9	Automation & change	Case Study Final	8
	10	Computer Reliability	FYI Deliverable 2	7
	11	Professional ethics		9
	12	Professional ethics		9
	13	Subject Overview Highlights/Movie	FYI Final

Students should check the subject’s web site regularly as important information, including details of unavoidable changes in assessment requirements will be posted from time to time. Any information posted to the web site is deemed to have been notified to all students.

Content

This subject covers the body of ideas and commonly held principles that broadly apply to ethical behaviour in the information technology environment. ITCS908 will examine the social and ethical implications of information technologies as they apply to citizens and information technology professionals. It will present legal, regulatory, social and ethical perspectives on the use of such technologies through topics of intellectual property, privacy, networking, security, reliability. The inclusion of a professional ethics is to prepare students for careers in the information technology industry. The extent to which technological advancements have altered societal expectations is also examined.

Objectives

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. identify the privacy, legal and security issues related to the introduction of information and communication technologies;

2. explain solutions to security and privacy problems arising from the introduction of technology;

3. evaluate the impact of information technologies through the application of ethical frameworks

4. Explain the role of professional ethics codes of conduct

Attendance Requirements

It is the responsibility of students to attend all lectures/tutorials/labs/seminars/practical work for subjects for which you are enrolled.

It should be noted that according to Course Rule 003{Interpretation Point 2 (t)} each credit point for a single session subject has the value of about two hours per week including class attendance. Therefore, the amount of time spent on each 6 credit point subject should be at least 12 hours per week, which includes lectures/tutorials/labs etc

Notes on Assessment

All assessments MUST be completed. Failure to comply may result in a fail grade being recorded. This is still a requirement even if so much time has lapsed that a 0% will be awarded.
All hardcopies of assignments need to be submitted with a SISAT Assignment Cover Sheet.
Late submissions will be penalised 10% per day.
All special consideration applications must be lodged through SOLS.
Assessment items received during the last week of session will be available for collection from the subject coordinator.

Assessment Components

1. Annotated Bibliography – individual work

You are required to source 20 articles from four types of resources related to your essay question. These articles need to be fully referenced and annotated. Further instruction is available on the elearning site and will be given in Week 1 Lecture. Each annotation should be between 200 – 300 words.

2. Essay – individual work

Voice over IP (VOIP) technology has the potential to change the landscape of voice communications. Discuss each of the four issues below with regard to the SWOT component you assign it. (Further instruction is available on the elearning site). 2000 – 2500 words. 20 references.

	STRENGTH	WEAKNESS	OPPORTUNITY	THREAT
Call security
VOIP Technology
Voice quality
Cost of calls

3. Case Studies – group and individual work

For the four case studies, you will work in a group (automatically assigned across subject) to work on the given case within a specified ethical framework. The group discussion will happen online through a discussion/blog tool.

The submission will be your response to the group posting for each case study. You do not necessarily need to follow the ethical theory that their group presented for that case. Instead this is an opportunity for you to form your own views to help you determine your ethical viewpoint for the final individual submission.

The final submission is a report which asks you to choose and justify an ethical theory that you could or do use for your own ethical decision making. You are required to include evidence from at least 2 of your discussion postings/ group submissions to justify your position. The second part of the individual report will be for you to evaluate how you’re your group worked together.

Each individual submission 200 words.

Final submission 1000 words.

4. ‘FYI - Fountain of Youth’: Security and theft in an international company – group and individual work

This assignment uses Problem Based Learning. You will be instructed on detail in the Week 6 tutorial.

Deliverable 1: 500 words

Deliverable 2: 2000 – 3000 words

Deliverable 3: 500 words

Additional Information

Students must refer to the Faculty Handbook or online references which contains a range of policies on educational issues and student matters.

Please note that if this is your last session and you are granted a supplementary exam, be aware that your results will not be processed in time to meet the graduation deadline.

Plagiarism

When you submit an assessment task, you are declaring the following

1. It is your own work and you did not collaborate with or copy from others.

2. You have read and understand your responsibilities under the University of Wollongong's policy on plagiarism.

3. You have not plagiarised from published work (including the internet). Where you have used the work from others, you have referenced it in the text and provided a reference list at the end ot the assignment.

4. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.

5. Students are responsible for submitting original work for assessment, without plagiarising or cheating, abiding by the University’s policies on Plagiarism as set out in the Calendar under University Policies, and in Faculty handbooks and subject guides. Plagiarism has led to the expulsion from the University.

This outline should be read in conjunction with the following documents:

Code of Practice - Teaching and Assessment

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/codesofprac/teaching_code.html

Key Dates

http://www.uow.edu.au/student/dates.html

Code of Practice - Students

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/codesofprac/cop_students.html

Information Literacies Introduction Program

http://www.library.uow.edu.au/helptraining/workshops/ilip/

Acknowledgement Practice Plagiarism will not be tolerated

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/courserules/plagiarism.html

Student Academic Grievance Policy

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/codesofprac/cop_supervision.html#8

Special Consideration Policy

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/courserules/specialconsideration.html

Code of Practice-Honours

http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/honourscode.html

Non-Discriminatory Language Practice and Presentation

http://staff.uow.edu.au/eeo/nondiscrimlanguage.html

Intellectual Property Policy

http://www.uow.edu.au/research/researchmanagement/1998IP.html

Occupational Health and Safety

http://staff.uow.edu.au/ohs/commitment/OHS039-ohspolicy.pdf

SISAT Internet Access & Student Resource Centre

http://www.sitacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/internet_access_and_resource.shtml

SISAT Computer Usage Rules

http://www.itacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/support/labs/rules.shtml

SISAT Style Guide for Footnotes, Documentation, Essay and Report Writing

http://www.sitacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/styleguide.pdf

SISAT Student Guide

http://www.itacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/regulations.shtml

Informatics Faculty Librarian, Ms Annette Meldrum, phone: 4221 4637,ameldrum@uow.edu.au

SISAT Subject Outlines

http://www.itacs.uow.edu.au/info/current/subject_outlines/

	Mrs Holly Tootell
Telephone Number:	4221 5603
Email:	holly@uow.edu.au
Location:	39.150H

Session:	Autumn Session, Wollongong
Credit Points	6 credit points
Contact hours per week:	1 hour lectures, 2hours tutorial
Lecture Times & Location:	Lecture Wed 09:30 - 10:30 20.1
Tutorial Day, Time and Location can be found at:	http://www.uow.edu.au/student/sols/timetables/index.html

1.Annotated Bibliography	20%	Online submission Vista Week 4 Wednesday 9am
2.Essay	20%	Online submission Vista Week 6 Wednesday 9PM
3. Case Studies	5 x 4%	Online submission Vista Week 2 Wednesday 9am Week 4 Wednesday 9am Week 6 Wednesday 9am Week 8 Thursday 9am Week 9 Wednesday 9am
4. FYI group report	40%	Online submission Vista Week 7 Situation Analysis 500 words Due WEEK 8 FRIDAY 27/04/07 at 9PM Impact Assessment Report 2000 – 3000 words due WEEK 12 FRIDAY 25/04/07 at 9PM Week 13 Personal Memo 500 words Wednesday 9am

SISAT

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Notes on Assessment

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