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Addresses social, ethical, legal and managerial issues in the application of Computer Science to the information technology industry. Through seminars and case studies, human issues confronting Computer Science graduates will be addressed. Topics include managerial and personal ethics, computer security, privacy, software reliability, personal responsibility for the quality of work, intellectual property, environment and health concerns, and fairness in the workplace.

Legal and ethical consequences of applying Data Science. Current techniques such as Digital Data Repositories and Digital Object Identifiers as well as FAIR principles for Open Science, Open Data. Data ownership and transparency; privacy concerns and consent; and addressing unintended bias. Topics: Legal aspects of data ownership and privacy concerns, Data transparency, Ethical considerations for Data Science, Introduction to Data Repositories and Digital Object Identifiers, Introduction to Open Science, Open Data, and Introduction to FAIR data.

Social, ethical, legal, and managerial issues in the application of information technology in government, organisations, and industry. Foundations of intellectual property. Ownership of information. Plagiarism, Software piracy. Fairness in the workplace. Digital millennium copyright act. Patents. Trademarks and trade secrets. Legal issues in computing. Organisational context; professional and ethical issues and responsibilities. Relationships with professional societies. Codes of professional conduct. Ethics and history of ethics. Whistle- blowing. Workplace issues (harassment, discrimination). Identify theft. Ethical hacking. Privacy and civil liberties organisations.

Studies on how to set up small-scale enterprises in Fashion and Textiles will be embarked upon. Interactive sessions on the protocol of client services management, marketing and appropriation will be conducted. The course serves as a forum to discuss and prepare for the concern of the professional world. Emphasis is placed on the portfolio refinements, presentation skills, interviewing strategies and professional practice involving money management, self-employment, studio set up, off site production and other related issues.

Professional responsibility following the forms set up by graphic designer and multimedia creator. Set-up and operations of the graphic or multimedia designers’ office and the procedures connected with the execution of projects in graphics and multimedia. The focus of this subject is the exploration of the various entrepreneurial possibilities available in the graphic design, graphic arts, crafts domain, and multimedia technology. Practical legislative, ethical and procedural issues involved in setting up graphic outfits or working as an independent art and design practitioner or multimedia technologist.

Studies on how to set up small-scale enterprises in Fashion and Textiles will be embarked upon. Interactive sessions on the protocol of client services management, marketing and appropriation will be conducted.

Practical legislative, ethical and procedural issues involved in setting up a ceramic industry working as an independent ceramic practitioner or industrialist. Entrepreneurial development of students resulting in economic self-reliance and preservation of professional status within the ceramic industry or other related craft or design practices after graduation. Interactive sessions on the protocol of client services management, marketing and appropriation, and protection of intellectual property will be conducted. The course discusses the role of ceramic designers in relevant professional associations at national and international levels.

This course shall serve as a forum to discuss and prepare for the concern of the professional world. Emphasis is placed on the portfolio refinements, presentation skills, interviewing strategies and professional practice involving money management, self-employment, set up of cottage industry, off site production and other related issues.

The course serves as a forum to discuss and prepare for the concern of the professional world. Emphasis is placed on the portfolio refinements, presentation skills, interviewing strategies and professional practice involving money management, self-employment, studio set up, off site production and other related issues.

The nature and ecological significance of food and medicinal plant biodiversity in traditional subsistence systems; scientific; institutional and ethical issues in ethnobotany; evaluation; application and management of plants and Indigenous Knowledge of plants to address contemporary health and nutrition problems