CS 1023 Cultural Implications of the Information Society
Course Outline - Spring 2000 MWF 11:00--11:50 am, 3.04.12 HSS
Instructor: Neal
R. Wagner
Office: 3.02.16 SB, Telephone: (210)458-5550.
Office hours (tentative): MWF 9-10 am, MW 1-3 pm.
E-mail: wagner@cs.utsa.edu
(Please limit e-mail to text-only. No attachments, especially
no Microsoft Word attachments,
and not even MIME attachments.)
Syllabus:
Basic information about the course, some of it repeated in more
detail below.
The syllabus mentions course goals and objectives,
while this link discusses them in more detail.
Lectures and Assignments (tentative) This gives a schedule for lecture and discussion topics,
for essay due dates, and for the project due date.
(Weekly quizzes are always on Fridays.)
Amazon.com's listing for the text.
Our text is priced here at $46.00, the same as in the UTSA Bookstore.
With shipping, but no taxes, it should work out about the same.
Brian's Book's listing for the text.
Our text is priced here at $39.10, in contrast with $46.00
in the UTSA Bookstore.
I have not used Brian's Book's, so I can't vouch for them,
but assuming the price quoted is correct and with
no tax and modest shipping, this should be a $7 or so
savings over the UTSA bookstore.
(In addition to the textbook, the class will make extensive use of the
World Wide Web.)
CS 1023 Cultural Implications of the Information Society (3-0) 3 hours credit.
This course offers an examination of the modern information society
and the influences of technological advances on society and culture. The
emphasis is on information and its management--from ethical, social, and
legal perspectives. Students will make extensive use of the World Wide
Web.
Prerequisites and Credit:
There are no prerequisites, and no specific previous knowledge of computers
is assumed. However, students will be expected to use computers and to
access the World Wide Web. This course counts for the ``Diversity of Thought''
slot in the Core Curriculum. Note: This course is not designed for
computer science majors, and credit in the course will not count toward
a Computer Science degree.