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Nov 21, 2024
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2021-2022 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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HUM 205 - Science, Culture and Technology
Description: Explores the relationships between scientific innovation, new technologies, and human values with a focus on contemporary ethical and social concerns posed by developments in modern science.
Prerequisites: Reading Proficiency.
General Education Competency: Critical Thinking, Diversity
Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Course Content:
- The relationship between science, culture, and technology
- The effects of scientific and technological innovation on historical and contemporary issues and institutions.
- The intersection of morality, science, and technology
- Personal values and attitudes relating to technology
Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze the relationships between science, culture, and technology. (1)
- Assess the effects of scientific and technological innovation on historical and contemporary issues and institutions. (2)
- Explain moral considerations that accompany scientific experimentation and technological innovation. (3)
- Develop a coherent and integrated set of values relating to technology in students' own lives and environments. (4)
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