MCS 109E: Algorithms and Everyday Life

2026-27

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; activity, 3 hours

Catalog page 495

Prerequisites: restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor

Description: Utilizes technologies including artificial intelligence, Tinder, and Uber to examine cultures of algorithms, data, and code. Explores the use of algorithms to shape futures, govern bodies, advance systemic violence, and conceal injustices. Also addresses the use of data to intervene unjust datascapes.

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Serves as a prerequisite for

MCS 170
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