Computer Science · Fall 2026, Winter 2027, Spring 2027, & Summer 2027
SDSU CS 301 — Computers and Society
Impact of computers and computing technology on society: applications, benefits, and risks. Topics include privacy, copyright, computer crime, constitutional issues, risks of computer failures, evaluating reliability of computer models, computers in the workplace, trade and communications in the global village. Not open to computer science majors or to students with credit in Computer Science 440.
Course requirements
Prerequisites: Completion of the General Education requirement in Foundations of Learning II.A., Natural Sciences and Quantitative Reasoning. Junior or Senior standing.
- Completion of the General Education requirement in Foundations of Learning II.A., Natural Sciences and Quantitative Reasoning. Junior or Senior standing.