SWE 6863:Software Engineering Ethics and Legal Issues

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Courses that may be taken concurrently:
SWE 5003
This course covers ethical and legal issues related to software development. Professional ethics and responsibilities of software engineers are discussed in detail. Topics include computing and civil liberties, encryption, intellectual property and licensing, software patents and copyrights, professional codes of ethics and professional licensing, software reliability, liabilities, and hacking. Software engineering/computing case studies will be used.