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Information Technology problem-solving skills and active learning in addition to engaging in teamwork. Fall semester. 4 credits
Course Descriptions for Liberal Arts and Sciences
ITECH2107 Computer Databases: Designs and Applications (QA) People rely on databases for providing critical information for decision making. This course offers students majoring in management, science and the humanities an opportunity to learn the database environment: its evolution, advantages over file processing systems and the major components in designing a safe and user-friendly system. No previous experience with databases is required. Using Microsoft Access, students use a variety of case studies to explore issues relating to the physical design of databases, examine multiple ways to organize, maintain and report data, define relationships between tables, create complex queries and study major issues related to data privacy, security and user friendliness. Spring semester, alternate years, expected spring 2014. 4 credits ITECH2109 The Internet: Use, Abuse, and the Law Emerging Internet technologies such as Google allow people to create, collaborate, share, and socialize online. At the heart of these technologies are important issues of privacy, security, and intellectual property. In this course, you will examine broad questions of social and technology policy through the lens of specific lawsuits. Topics will include security, phishing, spyware, copyright, and fair use, peer-to-peer file sharing, digital rights management, online speech, anonymity, privacy, citizen journalism and politics, competition and antitrust, and pornography and child protection. Working in teams and using case studies, you will critically examine the use and abuse of the Internet. Additionally, you will develop strong hands-on skills using browsers, Google docs, Google groups and sites, and technologies such as Wikis, Twitter, and news feeds. Emmanuel Emmanuel College College
Spring semester, alternate years, expected spring 2013. 4 credits ITECH3103 Information Systems in the Workplace This course in designed to help students use and manage information systems and technology in their personal lives as well as their careers. This class will place emphasis on presenting up-to-date aspects of web and Internet technologies, neural science, humancomputer interaction, applications of emerging technologies for a large array of disciplines such as business, communications, medicine, biology, chemistry and psychology. Real-world case studies will be examined along with tools and resources for managing business operations, supporting decision making, marketing and advertising. Spring semester. 4 credits. Prerequisites: Junior or senior status, or permission of instructor ITECH3105 Social Issues and Technology (SA) This course will explore the social, legal, philosophical, ethical, political, constitutional and economic impact of the rapid development of technology on our society. Students will examine the “flattening� or total globalization of the modern world as facilitated by various technologies, including Web 2.0 tools such as blogging, crowd-sourcing projects like Wikipedia, and social networking outlets like Twitter and Facebook. The content will be anchored in thematic categories including: the economy, work and workplace, computers, people, social institutions, risk, security, international perspectives and philosophical frontiers. The course includes a service learning component at the NDEC-Notre Dame Education Center. Fall semester, alternate years, expected fall 2014. 4 credits Prerequisites: Junior or senior status, or permission of instructor