The Ethics Requirement

The Computer Science Department requires its majors to take a course that addresses ethical issues dealing with computers and computer programs.  This requirement applies to students who became CS majors in September 1998 or later.  The requirement does not apply to students who became CS majors before September 1998. 

The CS Ethics Requirement is not the same as the GenEd Ethics Requirement.  Only the courses listed below satisfy the CS Ethics Requirement.  However, when one of these courses satisfies both the CS Ethics Requirement and a GenEd Requirement, students can use it to satisfy both requirements.

Courses currently approved as satisfying the CS Ethics Requirement are:

45.334 Engineering and Ethics

• post-2000 GenEd:  counts as Arts & Humanities (AH)
• pre-2000 GenEd:  counts as VC

45.335 Ethical Issues in Technology

• post-2000 GenEd:  counts as Arts & Humanities (AH)
• pre-2000 GenEd:  counts as VC

45.341 Science, Ethics, and Society

• post-2000 GenEd:  counts as Arts & Humanities (AH)
• pre-2000 GenEd:  counts as VC

45.401 Bioethics and Genetic Research

• post-2000 GenEd:  counts as Arts & Humanities (AH)
• pre-2000 GenEd:  not counted

57.211 Sustainable Development

• post-2000 GenEd:  counts as Social Sciences (SS)
• pre-2000 GenEd:  counts as BS

59.395 Computers in Society

• post-2000 GenEd:  counts as Arts & Humanities (AH)
• pre-2000 GenEd:  counts as VC

Students who entered UMass Lowell in Fall of 2000 or later must satisfy the 2000 General Education Requirements.