TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN HISTORY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing or 3 credits in HISTORY or HIST SCI Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2020 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and summarize key concepts in the history of technology Audience: Undergraduate 2. Utilize historical methods and techniques and apply these to analyze primary sources including print media, visual art, film, web-based content, and technical materials Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply concepts from the history of technology to relevant present-day issues in engineering and technology policy Audience: Undergraduate 4. Produce original arguments that demonstrate critical thinking skills and draw on course concepts, arguments specifically about the role of technology—as a collection of material, social, and political practices—and technological change in the contemporary world Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and summarize key concepts in the history of technology Audience: Undergraduate 2. Utilize historical methods and techniques and apply these to analyze primary sources including print media, visual art, film, web-based content, and technical materials Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply concepts from the history of technology to relevant present-day issues in engineering and technology policy Audience: Undergraduate 4. Produce original arguments that demonstrate critical thinking skills and draw on course concepts, arguments specifically about the role of technology—as a collection of material, social, and political practices—and technological change in the contemporary world Audience: Undergraduate