COLLOQUIUM ON IT PROFESSION AND ETHICS

Catalog description

The purpose of this course is to provide a forum for interaction among doctoral students and faculty on topics of relevance to professional success as members of the academy. Some of the topics to be discussed will include: ethics and professional code of conduct; strategies for dealing with academic dishonesty/plagiarism; academic and professional organizations in the IT profession (e.g., IEEE, ACM, AIS, PMI, AITP); challenges of human subjects research; developing survival skills: balancing service, teaching and research, etc.; career development and progression; and role and nature of local, national, and international service.