STS 4040

Digital Due Process Clinic

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

Automated scoring systems play an increasingly important role in ordering our lives. Whether we want to obtain a loan, rent an apartment, be found in search results, qualify for government assistance, or make the shortlist for a job - all of these decisions involve a range of computational techniques, including large-scale data analytics and predictive algorithms. So what to do when things go wrong and individuals feel mistreated by these systems? The Due Process Clinic focuses on the capacities of ordinary people to cope with, understand, and challenge automated scoring systems. It involves a mixture of hands-on fieldwork and seminar discussions, ranging from social and technical analyses of scoring practices to the ethical challenges of representing data subjects.

Enrollment Information Application required.

Distribution Requirements (D-AG, SBA-AG), (SCD-AS, SSC-AS), (SCT-IL)

Exploratory Studies (CU-CEL)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2026SP, 2022SP, 2021SP, 2020SP

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