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7.5 (6.0 ECTS) | CS |
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In this subject, students study the environmental and social effects and impact of information technology, its history and the legislation that affects it. All the while, they should not overlook ethical requirements and professional ethics. The generic character of the subject matter and the practical impossibility of addressing the field in its entirety also mean that students must be able to make critical readings of the diverse range of general texts covered in the subject.
Estimated time (hours):
T | P | L | Alt | Ext. L | Stu | A. time |
Theory | Problems | Laboratory | Other activities | External Laboratory | Study | Additional time |
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T | P | L | Alt | Ext. L | Stu | A. time | Total | ||
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3,0 | 6,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,0 | 10,0 | 25,0 | |||
2.1 La "revoluciķ" de les infotecnologies
2.2 Efectes socials i econōmics de la informatitzaciķ - de la manufactura a la producciķ de coneixements - informātica, treball i ocupaciķ - altres efectes: ensenyament, sanitat, lleure, etc. 2.3 Informaciķ, propietat i control social 2.4 Macroergonomia: interacciķ social entre usuaris 2.5 Microergonomia: fisiologia i psicologia en la relaciķ Persona/Ordinador
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T | P | L | Alt | Ext. L | Stu | A. time | Total | ||
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2,0 | 4,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,0 | 0 | 10,0 | |||
3.1 Informātica i medi ambient
3.2 La problemātica dels residus informātics 3.3 Informātica i sustenibilitat |
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T | P | L | Alt | Ext. L | Stu | A. time | Total | ||
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2,0 | 6,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,0 | 4,0 | 16,0 | |||
4.1 La professiķ informātica
4.2 Subjectes i agents de responsabilitat en informātica 4.3 Etica i deontologia professional en informātica 4.4 Codis deontolōgics d'informātica
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T | P | L | Alt | Ext. L | Stu | A. time | Total | ||
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2,0 | 12,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,0 | 4,0 | 22,0 | |||
5.1 Informātica i dret: fraus i delictes informātics
5.2 La protecciķ jurídica de les dades personals (LPDP) 5.3 La protecciķ jurídica del software 5.4 Les lleis sobre Internet (LSSIce) 5.5 La contractaciķ electrōnica i els documents electrōnics 5.6 La transferčncia electrōnica de dades i diners 5.7 Els contractes informātics |
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T | P | L | Alt | Ext. L | Stu | A. time | Total | ||
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2,0 | 14,0 | 0 | 10,0 | 0 | 6,0 | 4,0 | 36,0 | |||
6.1 L'especificitat dels estudis d'histōria de la informātica
6.2 Antecedents histōrics - Les calculadores mecāniques i analōgiques - els projectes de C. Babbage - les tabuladores 6.3 Els proto-ordinadors electromecānics 6.4 Els primers ordinadors electrōnics: l'arquitectura Von Neumann 6.5 - Els ordinadors de la informātica clāssica 6.6 - Evoluciķ de la tecnologia i del software 6.7 - Mini i microinformātica 6.8 - Histōria de la informātica a Espanya
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T | P | L | Alt | Ext. L | Stu | A. time | Total | ||
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0 | 14,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,0 | 0 | 24,0 | |||
7.1 - Histōries temātiques (llenguatges de programaciķ, bases de dades, sistemes operatius, intel.ligčncia artificial, telemātica, etc.)
7.2 - Histōries de persones (Babbage, Turing, Eckert y Mauchly, etc.) 7.3 - Histōries d'empreses (IBM, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, etc.) |
Total per kind | T | P | L | Alt | Ext. L | Stu | A. time | Total |
14,0 | 56,0 | 0 | 10,0 | 0 | 40,0 | 22,0 | 142,0 | |
Avaluation additional hours | 8,0 | |||||||
Total work hours for student | 150,0 |
The course comprises 7.5 credits (five hours of class each week in a 13 or 14-week term). The sessions could be split as follows:
- Three sessions a week, with:
A- an hour for teacher presentations
B- two hours on computing history (student assignments)
C- two hours on the "social impact" of computing(student assignments)
Section "A" sessions will take the form of lectures and will employ co-operative learning systems for tackling: the social and environmental impact of computing; ethics and best practices; and general legal aspects(Contents 1-2-3-4 and 5).
Section "B" sessions will take the form of lectures in the first three or four weeks in whch the teacher will give an introduction to the history of computing (Content 6). This will allow at least four weeks for students to begin preparing their work on specific aspects of computing history (Content 7). The results will be presented in class during the last weeks of term.
The first three or four weeks of the Section "C" sessions will be spent on showing documentaries, which will be followed by a class debate. This will allow at least four weeks for students to begin preparing their work on: the social and environmental impact of computing; professional ethics and best practices; and general legal aspects. The results will be presented in class during the last weeks of term.
Students must have met the course requirements by submitting two essays and two reviews in order to receive a course grade.
The weighings given in the final evaluation are as follows:
15% - work on and class presentation of the themes covered in Contents 1-2-3-4 and 5 (social impact and environmental impact of computing, and on legal and ethical aspects).
15% - work on and class presentation of the themes covered in Contents 6 and 7 (history of computing).
10% - reading and review of a book on computing history.
10% - reading and review of a book on the social and environmental impact of computing, or on ethical or legal aspects of computing.
40% - final exam.
10% - other items considered for evaluation purposes: attendance of practical classes, ethics cases, history files, co-operative learning performance, etc.
Interest in computing, its impact and history