SOC 275 - Technology and Society

5 CR

What role does technology play in your life? How does the social world influence the development of technology? What is the relationship between power, oppression, social change, and access to technology? Explore the complex ways in which society and technology influence each other. Themes may include the internet and social media, medical advances, artificial intelligence, surveillance and privacy, and science and the social construction of knowledge.

Course Outcomes

Analyze the impact of technologies on our private and public lives.
Explain how technologies both create and perpetuate inequalities.
Apply a sociological understanding of technology to describe how technology influences our interactions with others and our sense of identity.

GenEd Outcomes: Creative and Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

GenEd Outcomes: Connections

Cultural Diversity

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