CS2023, the once a decade ACM/IEEE/AAAI recommendations for what constitutes an undergraduate degree in computer science, enumerates the core topics from seventeen Knowledge Areas (KAs) that every holder of a bachelor’s degree in computer science must be taught. One topic area, whose coverage is significantly greater than in CS2013, the previous such recommendation, is Society, Ethics, and the Profession (SEP). In recognition that cultural competencies and ethical considerations need to be as much a part of the software development life cycle as algorithm choice and language selection, each of the 16 other KAs will include an SEP Knowledge Unit, explicitly outlining the SEP-oriented considerations in that area. For example, the Data Management KA’s enumeration of required core topics includes a module on the social aspects of data collections: e.g., scale, privacy, anonymity, ownership, reliability, intended and unintended applications in addition to a module on data security.

Clearly, this overdue increased focus on SEP considerations will have significant curricular implications. The question that CS2023 raises, but does not directly address, are strategies for how to operationalize its SEP recommendations.

This free and open to all, SIGCAS-sponsored Affiliated Event will present a variety of tested approaches for incorporating SEP considerations throughout the curriculum and have attendees apply these approaches to specific CS2023 Knowledge Areas that seem particularly challenging. These approaches include Computing for Social Good in Education (CSG-Ed), Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS), Embedded Ethics, and Responsible Computing. Discussions will incorporate considerations of how to integrate SEP into the curriculum in ways that will adapt to the inevitable emergence of new societal issues.