SOCI 171Technology and Society
Does improved technology mean progress? Or are environmental pollution and social alienation signs that technology is out of control? This class uncovers the social problems of key modern technologies such as automobile transport, factory farming, biotechnology, and nuclear power.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “upper-division standing. Will not receive credit for SOCI 168T and SOCI 171.”
Where it sits in degree plans
One of the options in (5)
- Sociology (B.A.)
- Sociology—American Studies (B.A.)
- Sociology—Culture and Communication (B.A.)
- Sociology—Law and Society (B.A.)
- Sociology—Science and Medicine (B.A.)