Course overview
This course aims to equip leaners with knowledge and awareness of a wide range of ethical and legal challenges related to technology focusing on information technology, and to enable them to identify potential issues in real world cases and recommend resolutions. A wide range of issues will be discussed including privacy, data protection, surveillance and monitoring, cybersecurity and cybercrime, intellectual property rights, and other ethical concerns. Learners will develop understanding of such ethical and legal challenges and become capable of identifying and explaining potential issues and recommending prospective resolutions.
Course learning outcomes
- Explain the range of ethical and legal issues that arise from the development, deployment, and use of technology in various domains
- Describe the ethical and legal challenges in the context of contemporary information technology
- Analyse real world cases and identify ethical and legal challenges focusing on information technology
- Recommend resolutions for ethical and legal challenges in information technology
Availability
Class details
Mawson Lakes
Class number 22447
Section WS01
Size 30
Available 30
Class number 22446
Section WS02
Size 30
Available 30
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 22445
Section WS01
Size 40
Available 40
Class number 22444
Section WS02
Size 40
Available 40
Class number 22443
Section WS03
Size 40
Available 40
Class details
Mawson Lakes
Class number 52642
Section WS01
Size 30
Available 30
Class number 52641
Section WS02
Size 30
Available 30
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 52640
Section WS01
Size 40
Available 40
Class number 52639
Section WS02
Size 40
Available 40
Class number 52643
Section WS03
Size 40
Available 40
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