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The Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center is committed to educating the next generation of critical thinkers about technology and is developing a curriculum that invites students and professionals to engage with technology ethics questions.

Undergraduate Minor in Technology Ethics

As companies and governments increasingly grapple with the social consequences of their technical systems, the undergraduate minor in tech ethics helps set Notre Dame students apart by equipping them with a variety of interdisciplinary frameworks to evaluate, analyze, and improve applications of emerging technologies.

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We also have an email list specifically for Notre Dame undergraduates, regardless of whether they've declared the minor or not, who are interested in keeping up with news from ND TEC.

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Undergraduate Courses

Undergraduate tech ethics courses being offered in spring 2023 are listed below. More information about any of them can be found on Notre Dame’s Class Search website by going to the “Any Department” dropdown menu and selecting “Technology Ethics.”

Undergraduate Tech Ethics Courses: Spring 2023
Course Instructor Schedule
Fundamentals of Technology Ethics and Society
(TEC 20101; counts as second philosophy)		 Warren von Eschenbach TTh
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Algorithms, Data, and Society
(TEC 20110/SOC 20919)		 Simone Zhang TTh
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Hacking
(TEC 20111/ANTH 20110/CSE 40176)		 Luis Felipe Murillo
Walter Scheirer 		MW
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
Data Ethics
(TEC 20201/PHIL 20412)		 Don Howard

TTh
5:30 p.m.–6:45 p.m.

*Note: This is an online course.
Race and Technologies of Surveillance
(TEC 30112/AMST 30125)		 Katherine Walden

TTh
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Decolonizing Gaming
(TEC 30113/AMST30150)		 Ashlee Bird TTh
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
Digital Divides and Algorithms
(TEC 33101; counts toward University writing requirement)		 Erin Flynn Klawitter TTh
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
Internet Ethics
(TEC 33997; counts as second philosophy)		 Cody Turner

MW
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
AI for Good
(TEC 33998/ITAO 30310)		 Georgina Curto Rex TTh
9:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
Technology, Self, and Society
(TEC 33999/EG 33999)		 Megan Levis

TTh
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Future of Labor
(TEC 40204/MGA 60764/ECON 40410)		 Yong Suk Lee MW
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
Ethics of Data Analytics
(TEC 40301)		 Kirsten Martin

Two sections available:

MW
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m.

MW
3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m.

*Note: This is a 1.5-credit course that runs from January 17–March 7.
Ethics of Data Analytics
(TEC 40301)		 Carolina Villegas-Galaviz

Two sections available:

TTh
12:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m.

TTh
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m.

*Note: This is a 1.5-credit course that runs from January 17–March 7.

Teaching Resource Library

For faculty looking for ideas on how to design their own tech ethics course or incorporate tech ethics readings into one they already teach, the teaching resource library features syllabi and other information from some of the classes that have been designated as fulfilling a requirement for ND TEC’s undergraduate minor in tech ethics.

Go to the Teaching Resource Library

ND TEC Graduate Student and Postdoc Affiliates Group

ND TEC’s Graduate Student and Postdoc Affiliates group meets every other Friday. Members read a seminal article in tech ethics ahead of time and then have an informal discussion about it over lunch, which is provided by the center. The meetings are a great way for graduate students and postdocs to network with each other as well as with ND TEC leadership while also enhancing their academic training in preparation for entering the job market, where opportunities in tech ethics continue to grow.

For more information or to join the group, please email Warren von Eschenbach, ND TEC’s associate director for academic affairs.