Courses Master Display 2024-2025

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Course title Ethics, Privacy and Security in a Digital Society
Course code EBC4026
ECTS credits 6,5
Assessment Whole/Half Grades
Period
Period Start End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
2 28-10-2024 15-12-2024 X X
Level Advanced
Coordinator Parag Mehta
For more information: p.mehta@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Language of instruction English
Goals
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
* Understand and critically analyze ethical, privacy, and security-related issues in digital technologies, with insights that also resonate with students interested in social and cultural aspects.
* Gain a comprehensive awareness of responsibility in data sciences, considering both technical and broader philosophical implications.
* Implement responsible digital projects, appreciating their societal and cultural impacts, relevant to a diverse range of academic interests.
* Critically assess academic papers/projects through ethical research conduct, exploring issues pertinent to various fields, including aspects of humanities research.
* Develop a thorough understanding of research integrity, academic ethics, and data security, bridging technological perspectives with broader humanistic concerns.
* Engage with the intersection of digital technologies with social and philosophical questions, fostering a multidisciplinary dialogue that is inclusive yet appealing to those with an interest in cultural and societal studies
Description
The concept of responsible data management is based on understanding the individual and societal collective duty to prioritize and respond to the ethical, legal and social challenges coming from the "use of data" by humans (or machines) under different "digitalization scenarios". The key elements of the responsible data use - data privacy, data protection and data ethics - are discussed in detail. Students are provided various ethical dilemmas and introduced with various privacy and security issues that arise with digital technologies.
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Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Take home exam
Evaluation in previous academic year For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here"
This course belongs to the following programmes / specialisations
Master Digital Business and Economics Compulsory Course(s)
SBE Exchange Master Master Exchange Courses
SBE Non Degree Courses Master Courses