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Technology, Culture and Society (SOCI 1160)
Total Credits:
3
Lecture Credits:
3
Description:
The use of technology is a basic feature of all human societies-our technologies influence our relations with each other and with the natural environment. Equally important, technology itself is a product of economic, political and cultural patterns. The study of technology will tell us about the kind of society we make for ourselves.
Topical Outline:
1. Technology and transportation
2. Technology and health
3. Technology and work
4. Technology and agriculture
5. Technology and environment
Learning Outcomes:
1. Understand how to apply the sociological perspective to the technologies that influence their everyday lives
Prerequisites:
Placement into
READ 0200 or
ESOL 0052 or completion of
READ 0100 or
ESOL 0042
MnTC: