CS 195: Social Implications of Computer Technology

UC Berkeley, Fall 2024

Professor Lisa Yan

she/her

yanlisa@berkeley.edu

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Welcome to CS 195! See the sidebar for navigation and more course information. Information about enrollment can be found in the syllabus. Check Ed for more.

Week 2 Announcement

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Welcome to CS 195! See the sidebar for navigation and more course information. Information about enrollment can be found in the syllabus.

This website is under construction.

• Required Survey: Please fill out the Welcome Survey ideally by the first day of class, if not by Friday 9/5 11:59pm PT.

• Attendance: No lecture attendance will be taken during Week 1, though relevant content will be covered.

• Interested in CS H195? Check out the Syllabus for H195 information and fill out the interest form listed on the Course Catalog. Course applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so get it in ASAP.

• Enrollment The CS 195 waitlist is auto-managed. Priorities are undergraduates, then graduate students, then Concurrent Enrollment students; this last category will be reviewed at the end of Week 2.

Schedule

Week 01

Tue 08/27

(no class)

RequiredWelcome Survey, Due Fri 9/6 11:59pm

Week 02

Tue 09/03

Lecture Free Speech

Week 03

Tue 09/10

Lecture Social Connection and Time Well-Spent

Week 03 Survey, Optional

Fri 09/13

Project 1 Podcast 1 Released

Required Group matching form, Due Tue 9/17 11:59pm

Week 04

Tue 09/17

Lecture Data Privacy

Week 04 Survey, Optional

Week 05

Tue 09/24

Lecture Software Risks and Professional Ethics

RequiredWeek 05 Survey, Due Tue 10/1 11:59pm

Week 06

Tue 10/01

Lecture Technosolutionism

RequiredWeek 06 Survey, Due Tue 10/8 11:59pm

Week 07

Tue 10/08

Lecture Government Censorship and Surveillance

Project 1 Podcast 1 Due

Week 08

Tue 10/15

Lecture Generative AI, Part I

RequiredWeek 08 Survey, Due Tue 10/22 11:59pm

Fri 10/18

Project 1 Peer Reviews 1 Due

Week 09

Tue 10/22

Lecture Generative AI, Part II

Week 10

Tue 10/29

Lecture [guest] Jake Snow, Technology and Civil Liberties Attorney, ACLU

Week 11

Tue 11/05

Election Day Lecture TBD

Project 2 Podcast 2 Released

Week 12

Tue 11/12

Lecture Silicon Valley and the U.S.

Week 13

Tue 11/19

Lecture [guest] Mishal Khan, UC Berkeley Labor Center

Project 2 Podcast 2 Due

Week 14

Tue 11/26

Lecture Memes, Misinformation, and Information Literacy

Thu 11/28

Thanksgiving break (no class)

Week 15

Tue 12/03

Lecture Tech and Labor II and Closing

Project 2 Peer Reviews 2 Due

RRR Week

Tue 12/10

RRR week (no class)

Thu 12/12

RRR week (no class)

Finals Week

Tue 12/17

Finals week (no class)

Thu 12/19

Finals week (no class)