CSE3323 The Computer Industry: Historical, Social and Professional Issues
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		Study Guide for CSE3323 Exam 2005
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You have now reached the end of a somewhat difficult, but hopefully
rewarding semester of CSE3323 study.  During this semester you completed
two assignment essays on issues related to both the historical and the
professional lives of IT professionals.  You have also heard from me and
guest lecturers about matters relating to this subject.  On the web site
for CSE3323 is a links page that gives many useful links to items and
sites of interest for the various topics.  These include the privacy
commissioner's web site, IP Australia's web site, and many other links
related to historical, social and professional issues.  These web resources
combined with the many other resources you found during your research for
the assignments are potentially very valuable in your study for the exam.
Complementing these on-line resources I have provided a number of printed
handouts.  These are listed in the handouts page on the CSE3323 web site
and include last year's exam information booklet, a collection of newspaper
clippings about current issues related to this subject, a chapter from
Ethics and Computing, and most importantly sample essays for all the
assignment topics for assignments 1 and 2.

What to do.

First, ensure you have collected all the handouts.  This is an Open Book
exam so you can take in all the handouts and other reading material,
but this will not be of much use if you have not read it all beforehand.
There will not be enough time in the exam to read everything searching
for material for your answers, however if you have already read the material,
perhaps underlining or highlighting the main points, you should be able to
locate relevant material efficiently.  The handouts were distributed in
lectures, but spare copies are available at the CSSE enquiries counter
if you missed out.  Likewise your marked assignments may be collected from
there if you haven't already done so.

Second, there is a great deal of useful material on the web, some of
it linked from the CSE3323 links page.  Judicious printing of relevant
web pages and bringing them to the examination may be worthwhile.
Remember there is limited time (3 hours) for the exam, so there is no
use taking too much material that you will not have time to use.
Of course there are books and other materials that you may also bring.

Third, you need to know what to focus on for your exam preparation.
In that regard I have been very helpful.  The sample exam questions are
very closely related to the real thing.  Feel confident in using them as a
guide to your studying for the exam.  Thus you have an excellent idea what
each question will be about, even though you don't know the exact wording.
Note that some of these questions relate to material in the exam information
booklet, and some of the questions relate directly to assignment topics.
Even if you didn't do brilliantly in the assignments, you have no excuse
since I have given you sample assignment essays that are good.

Fourth, feel free to make an appointment to see me or to ask questions
via e-mail.  I will try to respond as quickly as I can.

This is not about memorising lots of material.  Rather it is about
demonstrating that you understand issues relating to the various topics
and can discuss and argue a case.  Of course in the time constrained
examination I do not expect detailed citations, and I am happy to accept
point form answers, diagrams, or anything that helps you to communicate
that you understand.

All the best for the exam.
Ronald Pose (Lecturer CSE3323)
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Dr. Ronald Pose 
School of Computer Science & Software Engineering
Monash University                  phone:  +61 3 9905 5203
Clayton, Victoria 3168             fax:    +61 3 9905 5146
AUSTRALIA                     e-mail: rdp@cs.monash.edu.au
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