HUM 205 - Technology and Human Values

1. gather, interpret and evaluate evidence;
2. develop skills in analyzing and synthesizing information;
3. provide an environment which values factual and rational interchange;
4. develop skills which will enable them to become aware of faulty reasoning;
5. develop skills in flexible and creative thinking;
6. successfully complete the writing component to pass the class;
7. pursue the above objectives through all of the following:
8. frequent discussions encouraging students to develop skills in critical listening, thinking, and interacting;
9. written discourse both in class and out of class;
10. at least one oral presentation;
11. writing assignments of increasing difficulty;
12. a minimum of 2500 instructor-evaluated written words, including at least one paper of 1500 words, with two or more additional papers totaling at least 1000 words;
13. at least one paper revised according to instructor comments and suggestions.
14. describe the development of selected technologies over time, and the impact of these developments on humanistic values;
15. employ a variety of approaches to the discussion of issues surrounding the development and implementation of selected technologies;
16. identify and analyze, orally and in writing, the moral and ethical considerations that may accompany technological innovation;
17. explain connections between selected technologies and the effects they produce on humans as individuals, and in a social context;
18. describe how technological innovation can change human behavior and human values;
19. describe ways in which technology impacts the non-human world;
20. outline some of the ways in which technology affects students’ own lives;
21. organize information from multiple sources into a unified presentation;
22. identify and compare different points of view or perspectives regarding specific technological innovations;
23. design a project or presentation documenting the social and ethical implications of a selected technological development;
24. describe how technology can produce unintended consequences;
25. analyze sociological, ethical, historical and cultural aspects of the works.