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Apr 16, 2024
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HIST 215 - Technology and American Culture
5.0 Credits
Examines the history of American technology from colonial times to the present, emphasizing the interaction between innovation, culture, and social change. Topics explored include artisan culture, the American manufacturing system technology, and women’s work, radio, television, cars, computers, and military weapons.
Prerequisite Placement in ENGL& 101 or instructor permission.
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify seminal events, movements, and institutions in the history of American technology, along with the key figures, groups, and ideas that contributed to their creation and development.
- Compare/contrast the American experience with technology with that of other nations in order to understand how culture and environment shape technological innovation, how innovation in turn shapes culture and environment, and how technology is transferred between nations.
- Compare/contrast the creation and development of technology within the private and public sectors, with sharp focus on the role of government in the creation, development and selection of technology.
- Examine and evaluate historical information/arguments from different source forms.
- Express their findings in formal/informal writing, classroom discussion, online discussion, research projects, and/or oral presentation.
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