GE 2800 — Engineering in Context: Critical Perspectives on Science, Technology, and Society
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath SI
Offers critical perspectives on the intertwined relationship of engineering and the social, political, and economic contexts in which engineers work. Introduces the role of engineers as their work is influenced by and impacts institutions and stakeholders at all levels of society (funding agencies, universities, publishers, research participants, technology users, and the public). Uses concepts from science and technology studies and the history of science to discuss ideas on the social and political forces that alter the landscape of science, engineering, and their intersection with medicine. Includes approaches from both traditional engineering and social scientific perspectives. Covers scientific careers and identities; statistical methods; and dynamic definitions of race, gender/sex, and disability in the context of science and engineering and social sciences.