Syllabus for |
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| CTE031 - History of technology |
| Teknikhistoria |
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| Syllabus adopted 2019-02-13 by Head of Programme (or corresponding) |
| Owner: MTS |
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7,5 Credits
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| Grading: TH - Five, Four, Three, Fail |
| Education cycle: First-cycle |
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Department: 45 - TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
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Course closed for late applications.
Teaching language: Swedish
Application code: 99119
Open for exchange students: No
Block schedule:
A
Maximum participants: 150
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Take-home examination |
7,5c |
Grading: TH |
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In programs
MTS Humans, Technology, Society, Year 1
TKDAT COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, Year 3 (elective)
TKELT ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, Year 3 (compulsory elective)
TKITE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, Year 2 (elective)
TKITE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, Year 3 (elective)
TKMAS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, Year 3 (elective)
TKSAM CIVIL ENGINEERING, Year 3 (elective)
TIKEL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Year 3 (elective)
Examiner:
Per Lundin
Go to Course Homepage
Replaces
CTE030
History of technology
Theme:
MTS 7,5 hec
Eligibility:
In order to be eligible for a first cycle course the applicant needs to fulfil the general and specific entry requirements of the programme(s) that has the course included in the study programme.
Aim
The course aims to provide a deeper understanding of the interplay between technological change and societal change. The course provides knowledge of typical patterns in technological change. The emphasis in the course is on the period from 1750 until today.
Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)
- Describe and analyze the interplay between technological change on the one hand and cultural, economic, political and social change on the other
- Identify factors that cause technological change
- Describe and analyze the mechanisms of technological change
- Explain and interpret historical processes
- Describe and analyze theoretical concepts and explanatory models in the historical sciences
- Problematize the societal consequences of technological change, then and now
- Observe the ethical problems that development and use of technology may be associated with
- Write argumentative text
Content
History of technology is the historical study of technology and technological change. Themes and issues covered in the course are:
- Factors that shape technological change
- The mechanisms of technological change
- Technology transfer
- Technological determinism
- The unanticipated consequences of technology
- Science and technology as different traditions of knowledge
- The development of the engineering profession
- The development of large technological systems
- Gender and technology
Organisation
Lectures and seminars.
Literature
See course home page
Examination including compulsory elements
Take home exam. Grade: F, 3,4,5.