Spring 2027

Technology and Society

Examines technology, social forces shaping its development, and social impacts of adoption while analyzing assumptions about technology-society relationships.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2016: 3.56 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Fall 2016: 3.52 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.65 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Recognize and apply key sociological concepts for the analysis of technology, technological change, and technological systems

  • Critically evaluate and apply concepts and theory from existing Science and Technology Studies literature

  • Interpret, explain, and critique both contemporary and historical technological issues and controversies

  • Demonstrate verbal and written communication skills that are applicable in a professional setting

  • Frame and conduct social science research

  • Ethically apply research methods, such as qualitative, quantitative, historical, interdisciplinary, participatory, and action approaches, and evaluate findings

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2016: 3.56 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Fall 2016: 3.52 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=32 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.65 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Social forces shaping technology development
  • Social impacts of technology adoption
  • Contemporary and historical technological issues and controversies

Skills

  • Applying sociological concepts to analyze technology and technological systems
  • Evaluating and applying Science and Technology Studies theory
  • Conducting ethical social science research using diverse methods

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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