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Professional Issues (VS1) (U02803)

? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : INF-3-PI-V

There are many commercial, engineering and professional issues, complementary to the necessary scientific knowledge and technical skills, that impinge on the work of the computing professional. The Professional Issues course aims to provide a general awareness of these issues and to cover some of them in depth. The course will mostly involve directed reading but there will be some lectures from members of staff and visitors.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U02615

? Pre-requisites : Computer Science 2A (INF-2-CS2A) and Computer Science 2B (INF-2-CS2B).

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Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information
27/09/2005 14:00 16:00 Lecture Theatre C, JCMB KB

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area
Lecture Tuesday 14:00 15:50 KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

After completing the course succcessfully, students should be able to:
-Describe the desirable attributes of graduates in computing
-Explain the importance of professionalism in computing
-Identify how and where social and ethical implications arise in computing
-Describe the legal issues that impact computing
-Describe the structure and operation of commercial computing organisations
-Describe and explain the relationships between scientific, technical & engineering issues and real world issues in computing
-Construct a well-written essay

Assessment Information

Written Examination 85%
Assessed Assignments 15%

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length
1ST December - - 1 hour(s) 45 minutes

Contact and Further Information

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Miss Gillian Watt
Tel : (0131 6)50 5194
Email : gwatt@inf.ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Kyriakos Kalorkoti
Tel : (0131 6)50 5149
Email : kk@inf.ed.ac.uk

Course Website : http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/

School Website : http://www.informatics.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/

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