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
Degree list
The following degrees include this course