Courses

This course critically examines the assumption that technology is a neutral tool. Through investigation of various philosophical questions surrounding technology, students will understand technology as deeply intertwined with our social norms, ethical values, economy, politics, and culture. Students will also apply philosophical frameworks from the course toward the exploration of a range of issues surrounding current and emerging technologies.

Provides the student with knowledge regarding information and communication and technology in the health care delivery system. Topics include impact on the healthcare system, role of the healthcare professional using technology, associated risks, and telehealth.

Provides the student with knowledge regarding informatics and technology in the health care delivery system. Students use an electronic health record program and technology to help facilitate health of the individual, family, and community.

This course examines technological innovation as an element of organizational strategy. Topics include the nature and management of innovation, aligning technical teams with overall organizational strategy, and the role of innovation in launching and sustaining technology ventures.

Application of instructional technology in second language instruction, authentic materials in the ESL classroom. May count either CTES 7400 or CTES 7406.

A comprehensive approach to enhance Christian ministry efforts through the strategic integration of innovative formats (selection, implementation, and application, of digital technology/media tools) that are theologically informed and/or contextually appropriate to effectively reach a diverse audience in fulfillment of the stated mission.

This course will consider the interaction between technology and society from ancient times to the present with the bulk of the course focusing on the 20th century. We will examine the political, military, economic, and social implications of technological developments. Themes that will shape our analysis through the term include the question of technological determinism, the relationship between technology and the state, and the idea of "technological progress."

Across the globe today, there is a growing interdependence between human beings and advanced digital, computing, biotech, robotics, and artificial intelligence technologies. Many are debating what impact this increasingly close relationship and intertwining is having on human interpersonal relationships and behavior, the future of work and employment, and our social and political structures and institutions.

The subject of this course is the relationship between technologies and social institutions. Topics covered may include but are not limited to theories of sociotechnical change, diffusion, social constructivism, modernity and rationalism, and case studies of transformative technologies such as the clock, the car, and the birth control pill.

Relationship of machines and people in modern industrial society. Topics from recent American history and from contemporary problems.