AT: Schedule (120)

Course Schedule

Before Week 1 (before January 13th)

You will complete this assignment by visiting the Before We Begin section of ShannonWeb.

Week 1, Classes 1 & 2 | Introduction

Before Class

During Class

  • Review course requirements (Monday)
  • Why is privacy important? (Wednesday)
  • Review current events

Week 2, Class 3 | Perspectives on Privacy and Surveillance

Monday: MLK Day – No Class

Before Class

During Class

  • Discuss different perspectives on privacy, i.e., history, right to privacy, personal vs organizational privacy, personhood and identity, right to be let alone, access, control, secrecy, technology and internet impact
  • Review current events

Week 3, Classes 4 & 5 | What is Privacy?

Before Class

During Class

  • Discuss Informational Privacy; Reductionism vs. Coherentism; Critiques: Thomson, Posner, Bork and Feminism; Meaning and Value: Control, Human Dignity, Intimacy, Social Relationships, Access, Scope; Technology; Social Dimensions
  • Review current events

Week 4, Classes 6 & 7 | Defending Yourself

Books
Web

Before Class

  • Review above resources

During Class

  • What does defending yourself require?
  • What is EFFs Panopticlick?
  • Prepare a threat assessment?
  • Review current events

Deliverable(s):

  • PTA Phase 1: Proposal due no later than Thursday evening at 11p; submit using Slack project channel

Week 5, Classes 8 & 9 | Defending Yourself

Before Class

During Class

  • Review
    • Installations
    • Security plans
    • Current events

Deliverable(s):

  • PPA draft due no later than Friday evening at 11p; submit using Slack DM

Week 6, Classes 10 & 11 | Defending Yourself

Before Class
During Class
  • Monday, VR in practice
    • Space 154, TLTC, Walsh Library, lower level
  • Wednesday, Password Managers Discussion

Week 7, Classes 12 & 13 | Defending Yourself

Before Class
During Class
  • Review Week 5 and 6 Installs
  • Defending Yourself Wrap-up
Deliverable(s):
  • PTA Phase 2: Draft due no later than Thursday evening at 11p; submit using Slack project channel

Week 8 | Spring Break – No Classes

Week 9, Classes 14 & 15 | PPA/PTA Reviews

During Class
  • Review and discuss PPA draft and PTA Phase 1 and 2 submissions
Deliverable(s)
  • Case Simulation #1 Materials Available No Later Than Sunday at 1p
  • Case Simulation #1, Phase 1 Memo Due No Later Than Thursday at 11p; Submit Using Slack DM

Week 10, Classes 16 & 17 | Case Simulation #1

During Class
  • Case Simulation #1
    • Monday: Phase 1, discuss case simulation memos
    • Wednesday: Phase 2, team Q&A

Week 11, Classes 18 & 19 | Pandemics, Privacy and Surveillance

During Class
  • Discuss the Pandemics, Privacy and Surveillance exercise
  • Research issues
  • Review current events
Deliverable(s):
  • PPA final due no later than Saturday evening at 11p; submit using Slack DM

Week 12, Classes 20 & 21 | Pandemics, Privacy and Surveillance

During Class
  • Pandemics, Privacy and Surveillance
    • Monday: Discuss issues
    • Wednesday: Oral argument
Deliverable(s)
  • Case Simulation #2 Materials Available No Later Than Sunday at 1p
  • Case Simulation #2, Phase 1 Memo Due No Later Than Friday at 11p; Submit Using Slack DM

Week 13, Classes 22 & 23 | Case Simulation #2

During Class
  • Case Simulation #2
    • Monday: Phase 1, discuss case simulation memos
    • Wednesday: Phase 2, team Q&A

Week 14, Class 24 | CCCP

Easter Monday – No Class
Before Class (Wednesday)
During Class
  • Review CCCP
  • Review current events
Deliverable(s):
  • PTA Phase 3: Final project due no later than Friday evening at 11p; submit using Slack project channel

Week 15, Class 25 & 26 | GDPR

Before Class
During Class
  • Review GDPR
  • Review current events
Deliverable(s):
  • PTA Phase 4: Project Presentation Materials due no later than Friday evening at 11p; submit using Slack project channel

Week 16, Class 27 & 28 | PTA Presentations

Before Class
  • Review all PTA Project submissions
During Class
  • PTA Project presentations
  • Review current events

Week 17, Class 29

During Class
  • Course Wrap