COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Attock

Department of Computer Science

Course Outline
CSC 110: Professional Practices (IT)
Fall 2017

Instructor: Mr. Mehr Yahya Durrani

MS (MC) M.A.J.U
Email: mehryahya@ciit-atk.edu.pk
Land Line: +92-57-9316330-31 (EXT: 323)
Contact Hours 09:00 am – 04:30 pm (Weekdays)

Course Description

This course intends to introduce major concepts related to professional practices and ethics. The course
introduces students to various aspects of practices in IT industry, laws and ethical issues related to
society.

Course Relevance

This course is widely applicable in many areas. Such as:-

 Computer and Society

 Professional Issues
 Software Engineering

Course Outline
 Ethics
 Privacy
 Free Speech
 Intellectual Property Rights
 Information Security

Learning Outcomes

By the time this course is completed, a student should:

 Understand ethical issues
 Privacy
 Intellectual Property Rights
 Cyber Crime
 Work Habits
Marks Distribution

Criteria %
Sessional # 1 10%
Sessional # 2 15%
Quizzes 10%

Assignments 10%
Projects/Presentations 05%
Terminal Exam 50%

Course Textbook(s): Professional Issues in Software Engineering by M.F. Bott

 Detail Course Outline

IT and Life
 Applications of IT in various walks of Life
Week 1
 Convergence, Portability
 Future of IT
Professionalism
 Definition and Activities of Professional
Week 2
 Social Duty
 Ethics, Law and Morality
Professionalism
 Traits of a Professional
Week 3
 IEEE and ACM Code of Ethics
 Case Studies
Cyber Ethics
Week 4  Cyber Technology
 Different point of views regarding Ethics
Ethics and Social Issues
Week 5  Relationship between Ethical, Social and Political Issues
 NORA
First Sessional Exam
Week 6 Challenges to Privacy
 Challenges and Solutions
Social Media
 What is Social Media?
Week 7
 Role of Social Media
 LinkedIn (Case Study)
Social Media
Week 8  Social Workers
 Privacy Concerns
Ethics and Social Media
Week 9  Social Networking
 Secure Social Networks
Introduction to Network Security
Week 10  Hacking
 Cracking
Second Sessional Exam
Introduction to Network Security
Week 11
 Types of Attacks
 Spoofing
Computer Security Ethics
Week 12  Hackers Code of Ethics
 Ethical Hacking
Plagiarism
 What is Plagiarism?
Week 13
 Fair Use
 Referencing
Week 14 Intellectual Property Rights
  Patents
 Grant of Rights
Information Security
Week 15  Organizational Structure
 Risk Management
Week 16 Presentations

Recommended Textbook(s): A Gift of Fire - Social, Legal and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology
by Sara Baase