HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES in Spring 2024 (LW5039)

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This course joins two seemingly disparate disciplines – law and science – in an attempt to understand more fully the dense, multidimensional nature of the digital revolution and how we are going to live with it. Human Rights and Digital Technology is designed as an interdisciplinary primer, a guide to examining the critical issues that shape our use of digital technology.

Course Master: 
HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES (LW5039)
Term: 
Spring 2024
Discipline: 
LW (Law)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Graduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Cross Listed: 
HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES in Spring 2024 (DS5039)
Exam Date: 
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - 09:00
Pre-requisites: 
College Level=Graduate OR College Level=Graduate - Continuing OR College Level=New Student - Grad
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will demonstrate a clear understanding of the significance and limitations of international human rights law with respect to technology.
  2. Students will demonstrate familiarity with the contours of the computer science and digital technology revolutions.
  3. Students will demonstrate familiarity with key components of the functionality of information technology.
  4. Students will demonstrate reflective, well-structured thinking in linking international human rights law and technology.

Syllabus

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Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, January 15, 2024
End Date: 
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Tuesday
10:35
11:55
Q-704
Friday
10:35
11:55
Q-704