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Curriculum subject

Social, Ethical and Professional Issues in IT

Subject
Subject code I008
Subject name Social, Ethical and Professional Issues in IT
Credit points 2.5 CP
Grading method Exam
Curriculum subject
Curriculum 2001 IS
Study year 1
Semester Fall semester
Subject type Mandatory
Academicians
Dmitri Kikerpill
Subject loads
Lecture 32
Exercise 16
52
General description
The aim is to give an overview of the broader social background of IT and the interaction between IT and other spheres of social life; direct the students to not think narrowly technologically and economically, but to broaden their understanding of the social aspects of their activities; to teach students to understand the main development directions of the field and make future predictions through the observation of the development process of IT; recognize the Internet as a social phenomenon; teach the fundamentals of professional self-expression and information presentation through seminars and written assignments.
Lecturer: Kaido Kikkas, PhD
Current rounds
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