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Department of Computer Science
Summative Coursework Set Front Page

Module Title: Social, Legal and Ethical Aspects of Computing
Module Code: CS3SC17
Lecturer responsible: Pat Parslow
Type of Assignment (coursework / online test): Coursework (Report)
Individual / Group Assignment: Individual
Weighting of the Assignment: 100%
Page limit/Word count: 8 pages – not a target, not a hard limit
Expected hours spent for this assignment: 16

Items to be submitted: PDF (seriously; PDF not docx, not pages file, etc)
Work to be submitted on-line via Blackboard Learn by: 20th Mar 2024 12:00 (noon)
Work will be marked and returned by: 16th Apr 2024

NOTES
By submitting your assignment, you are certifying that it is all your own work. This includes all figures, tables, equations, code snippets, artworks, and illustrations used in the assignment. You are declaring that the work is original and has not been taken from any other person’s work except where other’s work is explicitly acknowledged, cited, and referenced. You understand that failing to correctly acknowledge, cite and reference the work of others will be considered to be a case of plagiarism. Plagiarism is a form of academic misconduct and will be penalised accordingly. The University’s Statement of Academic Misconduct is available on the University web pages.
If your work is submitted after the deadline, 10% of the maximum possible mark will be deducted for each working day (or part of) it is late. A mark of zero will be awarded if your work is submitted more than 5 working days late. You are strongly recommended to hand work in by the deadline as a late submission on one piece of work can impact on other work.
If you believe that you have a valid reason for failing to meet a deadline then you should make an Exceptional Circumstances request and submit it before the deadline, or as soon as is practicable afterwards, explaining why. To make such a request log on to RISIS and on the Actions tab select Exceptional Circumstance: as explained at https://www.reading.ac.uk/essentials/The-Important-Stuff/Rules-and-regulations/Exceptional-Circumstances

1. Assessment classifications

First Class (>= 70%) Strong technical knowledge, backed up by original examples, well presented and communicated to the target audience. Well referenced, showing study beyond the standard material.
Upper Second (60-69%) Showing a good grasp of the technology and style required for the target audience, with a high level of accuracy and well written and illustrated. May show some elements of creativity and originality, and makes use of existing literature.
Lower Second (50-59%) A reasonable selection of examples used, with few technical errors and written in plain English. On topic, and relatively well organised.
Third (40-49%) Limited selection of material, with some progress towards providing an argument, with most technical content correct but typically relying on obvious examples.
Pass (35-39%) Evidence of some understanding of technical content, but lacking evidence based argument, or lacking a coherent analysis
Fail (0-34%) Ranging from no significant work submitted, but with some awareness of the topic area, through to some evidence of work, but possibly largely incomplete.

2. Assignment description

Technical Report: Write a brief analysis discussing one of the following topic areas, looking at the social, legal and ethical implications. You can reference news media and also near-future science fiction (e.g. films or TV series which highlight issues with the topics), as well as more traditional academic material:
AI/robotics
Deep fakes
Autonomous vehicles
Software as a Service and software licensing

Reports should include the following sections:
Abstract (approx. 200 words)
Introduction (approx. 400 to 800 words)
Analysis (approx. 2500 words)
Examine the material from the sources, and critically assessing the social, legal and ethical implications of the technology to which they refer.
Do use sections titles to structure the analysis section
Conclusion (approx. 400 to 800 words)
References
References do not count towards the word count. Also, the word count is guidance only, I am not allowed to ask you for more, but I want you to explore the topic and not spend time and effort reducing word count arbitrarily. Be concise, but write enough, and no more.
Additional information
Topics are covered in lectures/seminars, and typically feature in current news articles.
Advice on writing reports can be found on the University’s Study Advice website (e.g. https://libguides.reading.ac.uk/study-advice-guides/essays)
Some example media stories are available on Blackboard in the Resources section. There are many more recent ones on news sites online. Avoid thinking that a single news story is definitive – find, and reference other materials to support your analysis.
3. Assignment submission requirements
A single PDF document should be submitted on Blackboard.

Front page of the submission
(the following are compulsory)
Module Code:
Assignment report Title:
Student Number (e.g. 25098635):
Date (when the work completed):
Actual hrs spent for the assignment:
Assignment evaluation (3 key points):

Content of the required work
Technical Report: Write a brief analysis discussing one of the following topic areas, looking at the social, legal and ethical implications. You can reference news media and also near-future science fiction (e.g. films or TV series which highlight issues with the topics), as well as more traditional academic material:

AI
Crypto currencies
Deep fakes
Autonomous vehicles
Software as a Service and software licensing

Reports must include the following sections:
Abstract
Introduction
Analysis
Examine the material from the sources, and critically assessing the social, legal and ethical implications of the technology to which they refer.
Conclusion
References

4. Marking scheme

Marking is based on the considered academic merit of the work. Because the subject matter being discussed can vary, allowing you to choose material you find interesting by design, the marking scheme is an holistic rubric (see p4 https://sites.reading.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2018/10/UoR-Rubrics-guide-18-2.pdf), as detailed above in the “Assessment Classifications”.

10% of the total marks are assessed for the quality of writing and structure of the report – clear communication is important
10% of the marks are for a coherent, useful, abstract and conclusion section – summarising your work is important for communicating your intent and meaning.
The other 80% is for providing a thorough overview of the topic with sensible references to source materials, and mature consideration of how the topic area relates to social, legal and ethical aspects.
NOTE: “Wall of text” without paragraphs is not acceptable. Referring to ‘this report’ is not acceptable. Write about the topic, not about the ‘exercise’ or ‘report’. Write in the past tense, unless specifically writing about the future.