| | Course Syllabus - IST 431 The Information |
| | Environment |
| | General Course Information |
| | Department | IST |
| | Number | 431 |
| | Title | The Information Environment |
| | Credits | 3 |
| | Description | The ways that people communicate and utilize information is |
| | being changed dramatically by new information technologies. |
| | Information and the technologies that are employed by create, |
| | organize, transfer, and utilize that information in a networked |
| | environment, using such global networks as the internet or |
| | internal networks such as intranets, have become a key |
| | component of the global economy. This global environment |
| | can change the way we interact, communicate, and function |
| | on the job and in our daily lives. The new technologies also |
| | raise new economic, legal, ethical, and social issues that are |
| | of grave importance to society. IST 431 examines the overall |
| | context of the new information environment and new technical |
| | issues relating to knowledge management in the global |
| | networked environment. IST 431 is a required course in the |
| | Information, Society and Public Policy Option. |
| | |
| | There may be some overlap of material with COMM 405, |
| | COMM 483, COMM 485, PHIL 407, PHIL 423, PHIL 433 and PL |
| | SC 460m but none of these courses cover the same material, |
| | or approach it in the same manner. |
| | Prerequisite | None |
| | Objectives | Upon completion of this course, the student will gain an |
| | appreciation of the differences between "cyberspace" and the |
| | "real" world. The student will also understand that the |
| | implementation and modern information technologies has |
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