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Computer Science (Human Computer Interaction) wIE BSc (Hons) - 2.1.6 Recognise legal, social, ethical
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COMP10120 First Year Team Project
Students work on
- group and individual tasks related to copyright and intellectual property.
- the 'Killer Robot' case study (again as a group and individual), investigating ethical considerations.
- a range of subjects related to data protection, licensing, ethical issues, etc that are relevant to their team's web project
- the subject of unconscious bias and how it may effect their teamwork
Assesement : Individual coursework, Presentation
Assesement : Individual coursework, Presentation
COMP13212 Data Science
The ethical use of data, and the validity of the assumptions used to draw conclusions from data is covered briefly.
Assesement : Examination
Assesement : Examination
PSYC10100 Research Methods
Bias in analysis
Assesement : Examination, Individual coursework
Assesement : Examination, Individual coursework
COMP23111 Database Systems
we briefly discuss database security and the ethical implications around this
Assesement : Lab work
Assesement : Lab work
COMP23311 Software Engineering 1
Students have to co-ordinate their work as a team, assign bugs to team members and work professionally together
Assesement : Group coursework
Assesement : Group coursework
COMP28112 Distributed Systems
Discussed in class and tested as formative assessment.
Assesement : Individual coursework, Lab work
Assesement : Individual coursework, Lab work
SOST20022 Essentials of Survey Design & Analysis
Understand the legal, social and ethical issues with respect to collecting and handling data from human subjects.
Assesement : Examination, Individual coursework
Assesement : Examination, Individual coursework
COMP30040 Third Year Project Laboratory
Students are expected to adhere to the relevant ethical guidelines during their project work.
Assesement : Individual coursework
Assesement : Individual coursework
COMP33511 User Experience
These are addressed in lecture notes, slides, and videoed lectures.
Assesement : Examination, Test
Assesement : Examination, Test
COMP33712 Agile Software Engineering
The unit covers a number of professional issues: whole-team responsibility, issues of trust and openness between customer and development team, honesty in making commitments or dealing with unrealistic commitments made on the team's behalf, learning from team members, the management of technical debt and techniques for maintaining high software quality. We also touch on contracts for agile projects.
Assesement : Examination
Assesement : Examination
SOST30022 Advanced Social Network Analysis
Ethical considerations relating to data handling, interpretation and reporting of quantitative analysis.
Assesement : Individual coursework
Assesement : Individual coursework