Current computer issues and the selected topics from these will be covered: Impact of computer technology on society, historical perspectives, social and economic consequences of large-scale information processing systems and automatic control, legal and ethical problems in computer applications. Intellectual property. Computer and the individual: Machine versus human capabilities, facts and fancy, problematic-interface between man and machine. Privacy and security, needs for standards (implications of non-standardization). Ethics.
Prerequisite: Admission to BTACS program