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JOUR 404

Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Surveillance Society

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeB+
Standard

Overview

Description

Discussions and readings provide a social scientific framework for contemporary cybersecurity, privacy, and surveillance issues in our global society. Provides a basic knowledge of cybersecurity technologies.

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • Junior standing
  • Senior standing
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Junior or Senior standing.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall

Terms

fall

Core

CO9

Restrictions

Junior or Senior standing.

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • understand cybersecurity, privacy, and surveillance from diverse perspectives after taking this class and be able to articulate the problems and the important issues of the class topic.
  • learn about how to synthesize cybersecurity related theories and provide evidence. They will learn how to apply and utilize learned theories explaining the up-to-date examples.
  • critically assess cybersecurity issues impacting on individuals, institutions, communities, countries, and the world. Student will develop the methods of selecting high quality information.
  • demonstrate understanding of how to properly exercise their 4th amendment rights because the class content covers the dynamics among 4th amendment, privacy, and surveillance.
  • learn about discourses on public/private information access by individuals, institutions, companies, and governments and the implications thereof.
  • apply their knowledge in their future decision making processes related to cybersecurity, privacy, and surveillance, from their every online activities to their professional settings.