45.334 Engineering and EthicsComputer Science Dept. Policy for Undergraduates
The Computer Science Department requires its majors to take a course that addresses ethical issues dealing with computers and computer programs. This requirement applies to students who became CS majors in September 1998 or later. The requirement does not apply to students who became CS majors before September 1998.
The CS Ethics Requirement is not the same as the GenEd Ethics Requirement. Only the courses listed below satisfy the CS Ethics Requirement. However, when one of these courses satisfies both the CS Ethics Requirement and a GenEd Requirement, students can use it to satisfy both requirements.
Courses currently approved as satisfying the CS Ethics Requirement are:
45.334 Engineering and Ethicsalso satisfies VC pre-2000 General Education Requirement
also counts as an Arts & Humanities (AH) course for the 2000 General Education Requirements
Catalog Description: A philosophical analysis of the ethical dimensions and responsibilities of the engineering profession. Specific case studies and ethical issues are analyzed through the application of some of the basic concepts and principles of traditional and contemporary ethical theories.
45.335 Ethical Issues in Technologyalso satisfies VC pre-2000 General Education Requirement
also counts as an Arts & Humanities (AH) course for the 2000 General Education Requirements
Catalog Description: This course will examine important ethical issues and value conflicts emerging in contemporary science and technology. Through readings and class discussions students will not only have an opportunity to explore the manner in which ethical and technical problems are related, but to develop insight into areas of ethical philosophy and modes of reasoning essential to an intelligent understanding of such issues.
45.341 Science, Ethics, and Societyalso satisfies VC pre-2000 General Education Requirement
also counts as an Arts & Humanities (AH) course for the 2000 General Education Requirements
Catalog Description: The ethical problems and issues (personal, social, political, medical, environmental) attendant upon the rise of science and scientific rationality and their pre-eminent place in society.
45.401 Bioethics and Genetic Researchalso counts as an Arts & Humanities (AH) course for the 2000 General Education Requirements
57.211 Sustainable Developmentalso satisfies BS pre-2000 General Education Requirement
also counts as a Social Sciences (SS) course for the 2000 General Education Requirements
Catalog Description: This course examines workplace and regional factors that shape the prospects for sustainable prosperity and worker and community empowerment. The course begins by reviewing recent trends in the distribution of income and wealth and the industrial structure of the New England economy. The historical dynamics shaping work organization and regional development are examined. Several industry case studies are selected because of their importance to the regional and national economy. The case studies provide focus for studying the strategic choices made by firms in mature industries and newly emerging regions; the basis of competitive advantage for Japanese firms and the response of American rivals; and the influence of the product cycle and regional institutions on capture or retention of emerging and mature industries. The final section of the course focuses on the prospects for sustainability of the organization of production and its environmental impact, incentives for skill development and technological innovation, and shared prosperity. A central course objective is to foster an understanding of the links between the workplace and region in the pursuit of sustainable development and shared prosperity.
59.395 Computers in Societyalso satisfies VC pre-2000 General Education Requirement
also counts as an Arts & Humanities (AH) course for the 2000 General Education Requirements
Catalog Description: Explores the history of computers and their interaction with contemporary society. It begins by looking at the nature of computers and their development from Charles Babbage to the present and continues with a series of specific examples dealing with the possibilities and problems arising from the use of computers in different areas of contemporary life. Examines the use of computer in education, the military, and business. The final section deals with the issues of individual freedom and control Encourages students from many disciplines to examine critically the place 0f this new machine in their lives.
Students who entered UMass Lowell in Fall of 2000 or later must satisfy the 2000 General Education Requirements.
Please direct questions to Prof. Jesse M. Heines,
UML CS Undergraduate Coordinator, heines@cs.uml.edu