CPIS 428

Course Name

Course Code

Topics and issues of Informatics

CPIS 428

Prerequisite

Credit Units

CPIS 330

Theory

Practice

Training

Credit

2

0

0

2

Course Description

The course aims to give a full description of the ethical, legal, cultural and professional issues related to the age of computers and information.  

Course Contents

• Unlimited proliferation of computers in the contemporary world.

• The information age: the abundance of information flow, the Internet.

• The areas of computers in the modern world: banks, electronic commerce, government departments, medicine, education, entertainment, leisure, legal work, communication, means of travel and transport.

• Overview on the legal aspects: intellectual property of software, software contracts and legal liability, privacy and the law of data protection, computer misuse.

• Computer professionals associations, career and professional ethics.

Course Outcomes

Upon finishing this course, the student should:

§          Ethical and social aspects.

§          Legal aspects.

§          Cultural aspects.

§          Professional aspects.

References

-   Anita Cassidy and Keith Guggenberger, "A Practical Guide to Information Systems Process Improvement," 2000, ISBN 1574442813.

-   Bob Perry, "CIMA Revision Cards: Organizational Management and Information Systems (CIMA Revision Cards)," 2005, Spiral-bound, ISBN 0750664141.