Ethics instruction, as required for ABET-accreditation and recommended by the ACM/IEEE-CS/AAAI curricular guidelines, is an important element of the undergraduate computer science (CS) curriculum. Recent papers which analyze the proportion of programs offering CS ethics education focus on specific types of programs, such as top-ranked programs, programs at R1 institutions under the Carnegie Classification, and/or ABET-accredited programs. This leaves out a large portion of CS programs which may fall under none of those categories including many small colleges. In this paper, we analyze a true random sample of all 4-year Bachelor’s, Public or Private Not-For-Profit CS programs in the U.S. to assess the extent to which the previous data holds true across the full spectrum of U.S. colleges and universities. Using a systematic approach, we look at which CS programs require CS ethics instruction, whether as a standalone course or integrated into other courses. In addition, we break down the data by categorization to replicate previous studies and place our data in conversation with those. We found 55% of all U.S. CS programs require CS ethics in some capacity. Additionally, we found ABET-accreditation and Carnegie research classification to be a major driver toward programs requiring ethics instruction in the U.S.

Thu 19 Feb

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13:40 - 15:00
Decolonize, Diversify, Define Computing Ethics EducationPapers at Meeting Room 274
Chair(s): Ishan Agarwal pc
13:40
20m
Talk
Developing a Decolonial Mindset for Indigenising Computing EducationGlobalMSIIn-Person & Online
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Jianhua Li Deakin University, Yin Paradies Deakin University, Trina Myers Deakin University, Robin Doss Deakin university, Armita Zarnegar Swinburne University of Technology, Jack Reis Baidam Solutions
14:00
20m
Talk
Mapping Required Ethics Education in Computer Science: Insights from 100 U.S. ProgramsIn-Person & OnlineCER Best Paper
Papers
Grace Barkhuff Georgia Institute of Technology, Ellen Zegura Georgia Institute of Technology
14:20
20m
Talk
Starting with DEI and Ethics - A New First-Year College Computer Science IntroductionIn-Person & Online
Papers
Scott Leutenegger pc, Stephen Hutt University of Denver, Andrew Hannum University of Denver, Sanchari Das George Mason University, Alannah Oleson University of Denver, Alexandria Leto University of Colorado Boulder, Sunny Shrestha University of Denver
14:40
20m
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Where are the faculty? The missing perspective on teaching socio-ethical competencies in computer scienceGlobalIn-Person & Online
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Tommaso Carraro University of Trento, Maurizio Marchese University of Trento, Lorenzo Angeli University of Trento