Courses - Fall 2025
INST
Information Studies
Open Seats as of
11/24/2025 at 10:30 PM
INST366
Privacy, Security and Ethics for Big Data
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in one of the following: INST126, GEOG276, or BSOS233; and minimum grade of C- in STAT100; and minimum grade of C- in one of the following: AASP101, ANTH210, ANTH260, ECON200, ECON201, GEOG202, GVPT170, PSYC100, SOCY100, or SOCY105.
Restriction: Must be in the Information Science, Technology and Information Design, or Social Data Science programs; or must be in the Information Risk Management, Ethics, and Privacy Minor.
Evaluates major privacy and security questions raised by big data, Internet of things (IoT), wearables, ubiquitous sensing, social sharing platforms, and other AI-driven systems. Covers history of research ethics and considers how ethical frameworks can and should be applied to digital data.
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University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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