Welcome to CS408
Living in a Networked World:
The Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly
CS408 Spring Semester 2013
Section 01 TR 11:10 – 12:30 Parsons NB 22
Section 02 TR 3:40 – 5:00 Parsons NB 22
Section 03 TR 5:10 – 6:30 Parsons NB 22
Living in a Networked World:
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
CS408 is an introductory course that explores the
implications of living in a networked world. The course
surveys the fundamental technologies and practices that
make up the Internet and then asks the students to
examine the ramifications of using the technologies.
Users of the technologies should understand the
technology in order to make educated decisions about
how to use it safely and effectively. Students have the
opportunity to self-publish by using various current
technologies including blogs, discussion boards, email
and by creating web pages using HTML5.
Goals
• Learn about the Internet: history, how it works
• Learn how to use the Internet effectively and safely
• Examine and evaluate Internet issues and their impact
including:
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privacy and security
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hacking and computer crime
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censorship
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copyright and intellectual property
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impact and quality of user-supplied content on the WWW
Course Details
• Course instructor: Ellen Hepp, Kingsbury W235 (ehepp@unh.edu)
• Course TA: Mezgeb Mihtsentu (mto47@wildcats.unh.edu)
• Course discussion forum: http://piazza.com
• Course Web site:
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~ehepp/408
(I do not use Blackboard – all course info can be found on our class
Web site)
• To access class slides on-line, go to Slides link on class page:
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~ehepp/408/slides.html
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Course Details (con’t)
• Course text:
A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues
for Computing and the Internet, 4th Edition
By: Sara Baase
Published by: Pearson/Prentice Hall 2012
ISBN: 0-13-249267-9
Available at the UNH bookstore, Durham Book Exchange, and
Amazon.
There will also be a copy on 2-hour reserve in the Engineering Library
in Kingsbury.
Grading Details
• Attendance/participation – 10%
• Homework – 35%
• Quizzes – 35%
• Final Project – 20%
Attendance & Participation (10%)
“80% of success is showing up.” – Woody Allen
• “Be Here Now”
• Sign attendance sheet at each class – in order to participate you
need to be in attendance!
• You must show up for the quizzes – scheduling conflicts need to be
discussed ahead of time; if you are so ill that you need to miss an
quiz then you should be able to document your visit to health
services or obtain a note from your doctor if I ask for it. If you are ill,
you need to send me an email before you miss the exam letting me
know that you will not be there.
• Active participation will be graded as ✓, ✓+, ✓-
Quizzes (35%)
• Approximately 6 quizzes will be given during the
semester
• Dates will be announced in advance during class
meetings, via email, or on class Web site
• Format of exams may be T/F and/or multiple
choice and/or short answers.
Homework (35%)
“If you tell me I will forget. If you show me I might remember. But if you
involve me, I will learn.” – Chinese Proverb
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There will be approximately 7 homework assignments
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Homework will involve critical thinking about various issues that we will be
discussing during this course; I will ask you to submit your thoughts using
various mediums available to us including:
• Email
• Discussion forum
• Blogs
• Web pages
• Class discussion
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Homework assignments are posted on our class site under the Assignments
link and specify the due date and time; homework grades will also be
posted online using a code you specify in homework assignment 1.
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No late homework unless otherwise specified.
Final Project (20%)
• From a list of books relating to the topics covered in this
course, you will select one to read, review, and write a paper.
• The rough draft of your paper will be peer reviewed by one of
your classmates.
• During the last week of classes you will be asked to give a
short presentation of your paper.
• See the Final Project link on our class site for the list of
important dates relating to the Final Project.
Ethics
“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did
it or not.” - Oprah Whinfrey
• Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated; it includes but is not
limited to:
• Cheating on quizzes (or exams)
• Copying someone else’s homework, project or source code
and submitting it as your own (with or without their knowledge)
or having someone else do the work for you
• Allowing someone else to copy your homework or project or
doing the work for someone else
• Collaborating on homework assignments or the final project
• The consequence is typically an F for the course which, by CS
Dept. policy, will also result in disciplinary letters to be sent to
your department
Getting Help!…
“You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself,
sitting alone in a room.” – Dr. Suess
• Help is available from Ellen, either via email, in class, after class,
during office hours, or by appointment.
• Students who are registered with the Disability Services for Students
(formerly known as the Access Office) and wish to receive
accommodations in this course are strongly encouraged to share
their Accommodation Letter with me in a timely manner.
• If you have other issues that you want me to be aware of, please
see me so that we can address them (though I can not change the
course requirements for you…)
Other Details
“R-E-S-P-E-C-T” – Aretha Franklin
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Please turn cell phones off during class
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If you have to leave class early, please let me know and I can make
announcements before you leave. In general, leaving early or arriving
late is disruptive and distracting – try to avoid it!
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Limit your personal discussions during lectures – it is distracting to me
but it is even more distracting to your fellow students
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The best way to reach me is by using email – always include your class
and section number in the subject field:
e.g. – Subject: CS408-03 Question
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Feel free to address me as Ellen or Mrs. Hepp
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Review the guidelines for class discussions on the Discussions page of
our class site.