University Park, Pennsylvania – Le Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) has announced a new undergraduate diploma to guide the creation and use of technology towards fair, fair and ethical results. THE Baccalaureate in Sciences in ethics and compliance of information technologies (IEC) The program is to maximize the positive effects of technology on society. New and current students can now register in the fall 2025.
“As technology is part of the daily aspects of life, the need for ethical, thoughtful and socially responsible leadership has never been bigger,” said Andrea Tapiadean of the IST college. “From artificial intelligence and data analysis to digital surveillance and cybersecurity, today’s most urgent challenges concern people and power as much as the code.”
Responding to these challenges will require professionals who can navigate in sociotic and defending systems of justice, equity and public good, ensuring that design systems support equity and responsibility.
“This study program deeply determines in examining the roles of information technologies in our lives,” said Shomir WilsonAssociate professor at the IST college. “Artificial intelligence, mobile IT, biometrics and many other emerging technologies can help us work and play, but the advantages could be accompanied by compromise and these are not necessarily distributed.”
The major of the IEC will prepare students for careers in advocacy, compliance and other sectors where critical thinking of technology is essential. The program will give them knowledge and skills in law and politics, business and psychology to understand how technology has an impact on people, organizations and society. By understanding how history, politics, culture and context shape our interactions, students can create information technology solutions that improve the way people live, work and communicate.
“I am delighted to be the first instructor of the teaching program” Introduction to the social implications of information technologies “this fall,” said Chris GamratDeputy Teaching Professor at the IST College. “I believe it is important that students criticize the expected and involuntary consequences of the technology we use today and new technologies that we create for tomorrow.”
Students will select an area of intervention, such as business, cybersecurity or health care, or will work with their university advisor to create theirs. These areas of intervention allow students to develop and apply knowledge more specialized in a specific field.
Students can speak with their advisor or visit theIEC web pageFor more information.