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COURSE NUMBER NCC 235 CREDIT / UNIT HOURS 3 PRE-REQUISITES GenEd College CompositionRECOMMENDED TEXT BOOK Cyberethics: Morality and Law in Cyberspace, 7th EditionISBN 978-1-284-18406-8COURSE LAB TBD | DESCRIPTION 3 credit/unit hours – Three hours of lecture weekly; one term This course presents the student with issues of law and ethics in cyberspace. Topics covered include government regulation of online behavior, constitutional considerations concerning free speech and content controls, intellectual property, hacking, and the ethics of internet behavior. This course will explore the laws governing security breaches and responses to such breaches, and current United States case law and statutes governing the Internet. Updated: April 25, 2023 LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this course the learner will be able to:
MAIN TOPICS 1.0 Introduction to ethical theory and its application to the Internet 2.0 Overview of Government Regulation of the Internet 3.0 Government Regulation of the Internet: Select Federal Statutes 4.0 First Amendment: Free Speech and Content Controls: Child Pornography 5.0 Content Controls: Hate Speech 6.0 Intellectual Property: Overview of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law 7.0 Intellectual Property: Software Ownership, Open Source, and Domain Names 8.0 Privacy Protection and Regulation: U.S. and International Laws 9.0 Privacy and Social Media 10.0 Ethics of Personal Privacy Online 11.0 Cyber Crimes: Software Piracy, Computer Sabotage, and Electronic Break-Ins 12.0 State and Federal Laws Regulating Data Breaches and Responses to Data Breaches 13.0 Tort liability: Cyber Bullying and Cyber Shaming 14.0 Current Events in Cyber Law and Ethics |
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