CSU Long Beach
ENGR 350
 Computers, Ethics, and Society

Syllabus
Schedule
Grading
Portfolio
Homework:
  Guidelines
  Standards
  1 - Images
  2 - Risks
    -- example
  3 - Infobahn
    -- example
  4 - Dataveillance
    -- example
  5 - Worklife
    -- example
  6 - Killer Robot
Term project

Homework Guidelines

    Latest Update: Sun 07 Feb 99

Due dates:

  • Turn in assgnments on time (see the course schedule). I won't accept late work except in genuine emergencies. Papers are due at the start of class on the day shown.

How to prepare:

  • You should try to use Word 97 -- it's available on the NT systems in room 414 and 404. Advantages of this include a good (but far from infallible) spelling and syntax checker, which I expect you to use.
  • Use Times New Roman font, 12 point, 1-1/2 line spacing, standard margins, double "Enter" between paragraphs.
  • At the top, simply put your name, the homework number, and title.
  • Don't bother with fancy typesetting -- but you may use section headings if appropriate.
  • "How long does it have to be?" Long enough to cover what is asked for in the assignment.

Use of sources:

  • You may -- in fact, you should -- talk to other students about the assignments; you might discuss the ideas and even proof-read each other's papers. But you may NOT copy anyone else's work, you may NOT have anyone else do the writing for you, and you may NOT copy anything (not even an idea, let alone exact words) out of a magazine, book, electronic bboard, the Web, or any other source, without telling me in the paper exactly where you found the material.
  • All assignments will require the use of some outside material. To do it correctly:
    • No more than one sentence per pargraph may use outside source material. The rest must be your own thoughts and writing.
    • Cite each source with a footnote.
    • For printed sources, use the format that Rob Kling shows in the introductory articles in the textbook.
    • For Web material, give the title of the page and the URL.
    • For personal conversations, things you've seen on TV, etc., describe the source as completely as you can.
    • Words quoted verbatim from a source must have quotation marks around them.
    • Ideas that are paraphrased must be clearly identified as such.
  • "Mechanical" errors in use of sources will result in point loss. Failure to identify sources will result in failure on the assignment. Clear plagiarism (copying material to avoid having to do your own writing) will result in failure in the course. If two people turn in the same work -- even in bits and pieces, cut-and-pasted -- both will fail.

Grading:

  • Writing:
    • Spelling, syntax, and word usage errors (max. 10, -1 per error)
    • Readability and organization (10 max.)
    • Relevant and correct use of sources (10 max., 0 here may mean 0 on the assignment).
  • Content:
    • Did you do what the assigned asked for? (10 max., 0 here may mean 0 on the assignment)
    • Did you show real understanding of the course material that was covered by this assignment? (10 max.)
    • Did you go beyond the "minimum" to analyze the topic in depth? (10 max.)
  • Please see the homework grading standards for more information.