Fall 2020
Class Meetings: Monday & Wednesday, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Online
Instructors: Weitzner, Abelson, Fischer, Edelman
Communication Instructors: Stickgold-Sarah, Trice
TA: Wei
Course Calendar
| Week | Lecture topic, readings, and assignment | Team project milestones | Workshops |
| 0 | Assignment 0: Briefing Judicial Opinions, due 9/8 | ||
| 1: Introduction to Internet Policy | 9/9 - Class 1 Assignment 1: Policy Memorandum on Future Internet Policy, due 9/15 | ||
| 2: Tensions in Global Internet Policy NO IN-PERSON SESSION | 9/16 - Class 2 Assignment 2: Brief Reno v. ACLU, due 9/21 | ||
| 3: Internet Freedom of Expression | 9/23 - Class 3 Internet and Freedom of Expression No written assignment for next week, but a lot of assigned reading. | introduce project topics | Workshop #1: Skim Scan Read Workshops 1 & 2 will be small groups from across the entire class |
| 4: Internet Platforms and Intermediary Liability | 9/30 - Class 4 Readings | choose topics and groups | Workshop #2: Research & Using Sources Reading: Algorithmic Accountability Workshops 1 & 2 will be small groups from across the entire class. [Topics matched by Friday of this week] |
| 5: Mock Congressional Hearing | 10/7 - Class 5 Mock Congressional Hearing Assignment: Congressional hearing testimony due: 10/7 @ noon | Research Chart due 10/8 @5pm | Workshop #3 Research & policy writing (Workshops in topic groups) |
| 6: AI Policy & Competition | 10/14 - Class 6 AI Policy Assignment: Reading, Pre-class activity preparation (no submission needed, just be adequately prepared for class). | Individual Project Proposal due 10/15 @5pm | Workshop #4: Proposal/counter and reasoning diagram (Workshops in topic groups) |
| 7: Fourth Amendment Fundamentals | 10/21 - Class 7 Fourth Amendment Fundamentals Assignment: Reading, Pre-class activity preparation (no submission needed, just be adequately prepared for class). | Team Plan due 10/22 @ 5pm | Workshop #5: How teams are made / presenting & countering proposals (All remaining workshops in teams) |
| 8: Electronic Surveillance | 10/28 - Class 8 Electronic Surveillance Assignment: Prepare for Mini Moot Court - no need to turn anything in, but be prepared for your role. | Workshop #6 | |
| 9: Moot Court: Surveillance | 11/4 - Class 9 Moot Court Assignment: Moot court brief/questions due 11/3 @ 5pm | Project Proposal due 11/05 @ 5pm | Workshop #7: Argument / Peer Review |
| 11/11 | 11/11- NO CLASS - VETERANS DAY | Workshop #8 | |
| 10: Cyber: Security, Espionage, & Warfare | 11/18 - Class 10 Cybersecurity Assignment: Simulation Debrief due 11/24 @ 5pm | First full draft due 11/19 @ 5pm | Workshop #9: Peer Review |
| 11/25 | 11/25 - THANKSGIVING, NO CLASS | ||
| 11: Consumer Privacy Protection in the United States | 12/2 - Class 11 Why privacy? No written assignment | Workshop #10: Presentations | |
| 12: Final project presentations | 12/9 - Class 12 (LAST DAY OF CLASSES) FINAL PROJECT DUE | Final Project Presentations - in class Final Draft due 12/09 @ 11:59 PM |