Minor in Sociology and Social Anthropology of Critical Health Studies - Science and Technology Studies
SOSA 3250 Science and Technology Studies
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course uses the tools of the social sciences to understand the cultural and institutional practices of science and technology. Technology and science both drive and are driven by socioeconomic and cultural change. Little in our lives is unaffected by "technoscience": the toys children play with, the scale of habitus and identity, the substances we eat, ,entertainment sports, the distribution of our friendships and the sources of our information, the illnesses we get and the treatments they receive, how we make love and how we make war.
FORMAT: Lecture
PREREQUISITES: One SOSA 1000 level course or FYP