ENG-113 Ethics and Technology

In this composition and humanities course, students will continue to develop their research and writing skills, and they will apply these skills to various topics related to ethics and technology. Content will include major ethical schools of thought (including Deontological Ethics, Utilitarianism, and Virtue Ethics) and a range of evolving technologies. This course carries SUNY General Education Written Communication and Humanities credit.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Successful completion of ENG- 101

Lecture Contact Hours

3

Lab Contact Hours

0

Other Contact Hours

0

Department

• Humanities

Grading Scheme

• Letter

SUNY Gen Ed Credit

• Yes

Semesters Course Will Be Offered

• Summer
• Spring
• Fall

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Knowledge and Application of Ethical Perspectives: Introduce and apply a range of major ethical schools of thought (including Deontological Ethics, Utilitarianism, and Virtue Ethics) and examine primary texts representing each perspective.
2. Rhetorical and Genre Knowledge: Read, analyze, and compose a variety of texts by evaluating and responding to purpose, audience, genre, and context across academic, professional, and civic situations, engaging in reasoned inquiry and considering multiple viewpoints to participate constructively in civic discourse.
3. Critical Thinking and Information Literacy: Effectively locate and evaluate information using tools appropriate to the rhetorical situation, with an awareness of authority, validity, bias, and origin; and synthesize and integrate that information ethically to develop well-supported arguments.
4. Composing and Research Processes: Employ flexible, recursive writing and research processes—including planning, drafting, revising, peer review, and reflection—to compose rhetorically effective and coherent texts for varied contexts.
5. Ethical and Transferable Written Communication Practices: Demonstrate command of conventions, documentation, and style while showing an understanding of the ethical dimensions of information use, creation, and dissemination—including appropriate engagement with emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence—and apply these practices to academic, professional, and civic contexts through informed, ethical advocacy, dissent, and dialogue.