Courses

History Core. Survey of the role of technology in history from prehistoric times to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

History Core. Survey of the role of technology from the Industrial Revolution to the present day.

Students examine the symbiotic relationships between technology and cognition. different means of learner engagement, representation, action, and expression.

This course offers an overview of the evolution of technological development in France. Students will explore the ways in which these changes have shaped the landscape and infrastructure of the country, as well as the changing attitudes of society regarding different technologies. The first half of the course focuses on France’s historical contributions to innovation, and the second half focuses on recent history and the dominant technologies of the present day.

Exploration of the relationship between gender and technology in comparative cultural, social, and historical perspectives from 18th century to present.

Interdisciplinary examination of the transformative impact of new technologies on global social, economic, political and cultural reality; focus on changes in the exercise of power and state sovereignty, labor and economic transactions, war and social activism, subjectivity and social interactions, surveillance and anonymity, internet of things and artificial intelligence.

Students explore the impact of a range of technologies on homeland security greater security (such as CCTV - closed circuit television - and facial recognition networks). Students also examine technologically-based threats including artificial biology.

Nontechnical survey of how modern technologies influence human communication including an introduction to communication technologies; the influence of technology on interpersonal communication, group decision-making and public communication; an analysis of argumentation and persuasion in technological issues.

This interdisciplinary seminar provides an introduction to the key debates and questions raised by the increasingly close relationship between humans and advanced technologies. The course will draw on critical works, as well as narrative fiction and popular culture texts, to examine how a dependence on technology might change the very definition of "human" and what subsequent ethical, psychological, and philosophical dilemmas result from this close relationship.

Interaction of personal and societal values with technology and man's self-image, the future and value change.