LEGAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF COMPUTING

Course Description:

The course provides awareness of the legal, social, ethical, professional and contemporary issues commensurate with the practice of a computing career.

Course Objectives

The Course aims to provide students with understanding and skills on:

• Standards and professionalism in a Computing Career

• Legal environment within which a computing professional operates

• The professional societies that govern the behavior of computing professionals.

• Professional responsibilities to client, employer and public

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, the student should be able to:

• Appreciate the role of standards for a practicing computing professional

• Practice a computing career with a due regard to legal, ethical and social issues