Every career is being shaped by digital technology. Buzzwords like Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence, Smart Grid, Big Data, The Cloud, Internet of Things, 5G, and Augmented Reality appear in news articles every day. How do all these technologies fit into your daily life and your future career? This class will help you to understand the current state of digital technology and give you the foundation to understand future technological innovations including understanding the fourth industrial revolution, a.k.a. "Industry 4.0". You will gain foundational knowledge such as how computers work, how they communicate with each other, and how people program computers. You will apply this foundational knowledge to more advanced topics such as the topics at the start of the course description. Lastly, the course will describe the ethical considerations of these changes and what role policy should play. NOTE: This course fulfills a Science & Technology (GS) requirement for students under GenEd and a Science & Technology Second Level (SB) requirement for students under Core.

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