ENGG481
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Technology and Society
Schulich School of Engineering
EN - Schulich School of Engineering
Subject
ENGG - Engineering
Description
An interpretive course on the interrelationship between technology and society. The first part of the course surveys significant historical developments within disciplinary areas such as energy, materials, production processes, structures, transport, communications, and computation. Sequence within each area: discovery, development, application, impact, future. Social and economic consequences are also considered. Historical contributions of Indigenous Peoples in technology and contemporary considerations of impacts of technology on Indigenous rights. The latter part of the course explores contemporary problems of society and technology.
Course Attributes
Fee Rate Group(Domestic) - D, Fee Rate Group(International) -C, GFC Hours (3-1.5S)
Courses may consist of a Lecture, Lab, Tutorial, and/or Seminar. Students will be required to register in each component that is required for the course as indicated in the schedule of classes. Practicums, internships or other experiential learning modalities are typically indicated as a Lab component.
Component
LEC
Component
SEM
Units
3
Repeat for Credit
No
Subject code
ENGG
Understanding Course Information
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