Philosophy 134 Course Assessment Report Author: Semester: Part 1: Assessment Data Collected Outcome e: An understanding of professional, ethical, legal, security and social issues and responsibilities Performance Indicator 1 2 3 beginning satisfactory exemplary Given a case study, identify how professional competency might enter into software design. (assessed with an exam question) Lack of awareness of professional standards in software design. Acknowledges that a software design is professionally Capacity to formulate specific professional standards and how they apply to software design. Number of Students Given a case study, identify legal and ethical issues of software design. (assessed with an exam question) Incapacity to recognize how software design introduces legal or ethical issues. Can voice a fundamental ethical position regarding software design but tends to confuse ethical issues with legal issues. Clearly articulates an organized response to ethical issues in software design and can distinguish ethical issues from legal issues. Number of Students Given a case study, develop awareness of security issues problems in software design. (assessed with an exam question) Lack of awareness of security issues in a case of software design. Intuitive or gut reaction to the prevalence of security issues in a case of software design. Can clearly articulate and assess likelihood of securities issues in a case of software design. Number of Students
Develop appropriate courses of action for when software design likely results in racial, gender or religious discrimination (assessed with a discussion assignment question) Failure to acknowledge that a case of software design has any impact on racial, gender or religious discrimination. Recognizes that a case of software design has an impact on racial, gender or religious discrimination but fails to formulate a resolution. Recognizes how a case of software design has an impact on racial, gender or religious discrimination and devises an action which will rectify the problem. Number of Students Describe moral and legal issues of software use. (assessed with an exam question) Failure to recognize how software use introduces ethical or moral issues. Recognizes that there are ethical and legal problems arising from software use but fails to distinction legal from ethical issues. Articulates a reasoned response to ethical and legal issues in software use and can distinguish ethical issues from legal issues. Number of Students Develop practical and appropriate responses to security problems in software use. (assessed with an exam question) Failure to discern the existence of security problems in a case of software use. Demonstrates an intuitive or gut reaction to the prevalence of security issues in a case of use. Can clearly articulate and assess likelihood of securities issues in a case of software use. Number of Students Develop appropriate actions in a case of software use. (assessed with a discussion assignment question) Lack of awareness that racial, gender or religious discrimination follow upon a case of software use. Recognizes that a case of software use has an impact on racial, gender or religious discrimination but fails to formulate a resolution. Recognizes how a case of software use has an impact on racial, gender or religious discrimination and devises an action which will rectify the problem.
Given a case study, analyze the local and global impact of computing on society. (assessed with online discussion and report) No indication of the effects computer technological innovation on societal structures, either locally or globally. Some analysis of the effects computer technological innovation on societal structures, locally or globally, but little or no conceptual understanding of the changes brought to society. A well-organized and evidence-based account of the changes that computer technology brings to society, locally and globally, with some account of its strengths and weaknesses. Number of Students Part 2: Assessment Conclusions, Findings, and Recommendations Outcome e conclusions Outcome g conclusions Findings and Recommendations