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Professional Practices Course Outline

This document outlines the syllabus for a professional practices course taken in the 8th semester of a computer science bachelor's degree program. The course objectives are to familiarize students with professional ethics in computer science. Over 16 weeks, topics will include introductions to professional ethics and practices, interpersonal communication, organizational communication, contemporary issues, writing skills, career planning, and entrepreneurship. Student assessment will be based on a final exam, midterm, activities, presentation, and attendance.

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Professional Practices Course Outline

This document outlines the syllabus for a professional practices course taken in the 8th semester of a computer science bachelor's degree program. The course objectives are to familiarize students with professional ethics in computer science. Over 16 weeks, topics will include introductions to professional ethics and practices, interpersonal communication, organizational communication, contemporary issues, writing skills, career planning, and entrepreneurship. Student assessment will be based on a final exam, midterm, activities, presentation, and attendance.

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BS(CS) – 8th Semester – Detailed Syllabus Professional Practices

Department of Computer Science


Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi
CS428 Professional Practices
Lecture Plan – fall semester 2017
Batch-2014

Class Sections : A,B,C,D,E Semester : 8th

Course Code : CS-428 Course Name: Professional Practices

Instructor Name : Tutorial/Consultation Time:


Mr. Sallar Khan 12:40-1:30 ( Wednesday)

Contact E-mail : Webpage :


Sallarkhan_92@yahoo.com https://sallarkhan.wordpress.com/

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
Text:
Appropriate book will be announced soon.

Course Objectives:
CS428 is designed to familiarize students with professional practice in computer science, and to enable them
to: identify ethical conflicts, identify their responsibilities and options, and think through the implications
of possible solutions to ethical conflicts.

Course Goals:
Students understand and can apply professional ethics.

 Students are aware of themselves as members of a profession, with shared community principles.
 Students are aware of the ethical implications of their professional choices, and of the
communities (employer, customers, society at large) whose interests they serve.
 Students can apply ethical principles to resolve situations that arise in their professional lives.
 Students know of professional organizations that can help them deal with professional issues.

Grading Policy:
 Final Exam 50%
 Midterm 30%
 Activities 10%
 Presentation 5%
 Attendance 5%
Detailed Syllabus:

Serial # Related Topics


Week 1 Introduction to Professional Practices.
Week 2 Introduction to Profession Ethics.
Week 3 Professional Ethics:
 Intellectual property.
 Computer Crime.
Week 4 Professional Ethics:
 Quality of Work or Work Quality.
 Activities.

Week 5 Interpersonal communication


 Nonverbal communication
 Listening
 Questioning
Week 6 Interpersonal communication
 Managing negotiation
 Conflict
 Difference in the workplace
Week 7 Organizational communication events:
 Effective team development
 Decision making
 Mediated Communication.
Week 8 Contemporary trends in professional practice:
 Contemporary Issues.
 Privacy/information security.
 Guest speaker session/Workshop.
Week 9 Midterm Examination
Week 10 Contemporary trends in professional practice:
 Social issues.
 Digital issues.
Week 11 Writing and researching professionally:
 Research learning
 Problem solving
 Research Idea
Week 12 & 13 Career Planning
 A career in computing.
 Attending graduate school.
 Other/Undecided such as non-computing career.
 Guest speaker session/Workshop.
Week 14 Entrepreneurship
 Define innovation and entrepreneurship
 General commercialization and extracting value from ideas
 Brainstorming.
Week 15 Entrepreneurship
 Startup Activities
 Guest speaker session/Workshop.
Week 16 Presentations & Assessments.

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