Data Science 231
Behind the Data: Humans and Values
3 units
Course Description
Intro to the legal, policy, and ethical implications of data, including privacy, surveillance, security, classification, discrimination, decisional-autonomy, and duties to warn or act. Examines legal, policy, and ethical issues throughout the full data-science life cycle collection, storage, processing, analysis, and use with case studies from criminal justice, national security, health, marketing, politics, education, employment, athletics, and development. Includes legal and policy constraints and considerations for specific domains and data-types, collection methods, and institutions; technical, legal, and market approaches to mitigating and managing concerns; and the strengths and benefits of competing and complementary approaches.
Skill Sets
Ethical and legal frameworks / Policy analysis / Oral and written presentation
Current Course Designers
Original Course Designer
Previously listed as DATASCI W231.
Prerequisites
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MIDS Course Spotlight: Data Science W231 (June 30, 2021)
Course History
Fall 2023
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