SCI 490-H:
CS Freshman Honors Seminar

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Course Description

This course is intended to be a forum for CS honors students to discuss issues of interest to them. It provides a means of meeting with a senior faculty member on a regular basis in a small class, and as a means of gathering with ones peers in the CS Honors track.

The course also provides some enrichment material on the nature of computing and computer science, on CS as a profession, and on the nature of ethics and responsibility in the workplace.

Course Schedule and Topics

There is no fixed scheduled to the lectures. Each week will start with some discussion, and questions and answers. Readings from the books will also be discussed.

Course Details

Credit

1 class hour, 1 credit hour. P/F only.

Scheduling

Fall 1998. Tuesdays 2:30 to 3:30.

No classes on October 13 (Fall break).

Midterm is (tentatively) the week of October 20. Final exam is during the week of December 14.

Location

REC 226

Instructor

Gene Spafford

Office

(CS 122)

Office Hours

To be decided

Also by appointment (arrange with <walls@cerias.purdue.edu>)

Phone

49-47825

E-mail

<spaf@cerias.purdue.edu>

Prerequisites

Permission of guidance counselor.

Texts & Readings

These will be placed on reserve in the Math/Science library (MATH).
Reading list may be augmented as the semester progresses

Textbook

The Case of the Killer Robot, by Richard Epstein, John Wiles & Sons, 1997.

Computer-Related Risks, by Peter G. Neumann, Addison-Wesley, 1995.

Web-based Resources

The CS Department pages

Course Policies

All of my courses operate under the same general policies and standards. My students are expected to study and understand these policies. Potential students are encouraged to check these out before signing up for one of my classes.