Data Ethics: 3 semester hours

Catalog description

This course will introduce, discuss, and analyze ethical issues, algorithmic challenges, and policy decisions in data science. Specifically, the moral, social, and ethical ramifications of the choices will be explored at the different stages of the data analysis pipeline. Through class discussions, case studies and exercises, students will learn the fundamentals of ethical thinking in data science, understand the history of ethical dilemmas in scientific work, and study the distinct challenges associated with ethics in modern data science.