Standard syllabus
Data ethics · Undergraduate · Data science
Learning objectives from the Data ethics syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Foundations
- Values at stake: autonomy, justice, non-maleficence, transparency — Values at stake: autonomy, justice, non-maleficence, transparency
- Stakeholders and power asymmetries in data systems — Stakeholders and power asymmetries in data systems
- Consent, notice, and secondary use of data — Consent, notice, and secondary use of data
- Public vs private data and contextual integrity — Public vs private data and contextual integrity
- Dual-use and misuse scenarios — Dual-use and misuse scenarios
Privacy and security
- Identifiability, anonymization limits, and re-identification — Identifiability, anonymization limits, and re-identification
- Differential privacy intuition (intro) — Differential privacy intuition (intro)
- Security breaches and data stewardship duties — Security breaches and data stewardship duties
- Minimization and purpose limitation — Minimization and purpose limitation
- Cross-border data transfer awareness (survey) — Cross-border data transfer awareness (survey)
Fairness and accountability
- Sources of bias in data and labels — Sources of bias in data and labels
- Fairness metric tradeoffs (survey) — Fairness metric tradeoffs (survey)
- Disparate impact case studies — Disparate impact case studies
- Explainability vs performance tensions — Explainability vs performance tensions
- Contestability and human oversight — Contestability and human oversight
Communication and governance
- Misleading visualization and rhetorical harm — Misleading visualization and rhetorical harm
- Documentation: datasheets and model cards — Documentation: datasheets and model cards
- Open data benefits and risks — Open data benefits and risks
- Regulation survey (GDPR/CCPA-style themes) — Regulation survey (GDPR/CCPA-style themes)
- Whistleblowing and organizational ethics — Whistleblowing and organizational ethics
What each unit includes
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- Study guide
- Exam Strategy
- Common Mistakes
- Worksheets
- Word problems
- Mixed Practice
- Multi-Unit Problems
- Review
- Practice test
- Answer key
Study units
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- Foundations
Values at stake: autonomy, justice, non-maleficence, transparency
Coming soon - Privacy and security
Identifiability, anonymization limits, and re-identification
Coming soon - Fairness and accountability
Sources of bias in data and labels
Coming soon - Communication and governance
Misleading visualization and rhetorical harm
Coming soon
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