Data in Society

1 Credit Hour

Technological advances are making data easier to generate, share, access, and use. Many of these new applications are beneficial. With better data, organizations can run more efficiently, governments can make better decisions, and individuals can take advantage of free services. Some of these new applications are troubling. It is so easy to generate and share data that individuals constantly do so without realizing it. Data in Society seeks to introduce the technologies that are speeding the flow of data and explore the applications of these technologies for management, government, daily life, and the law.