STS-UY 2234 Introduction to the History of Technology

4 Credits Credits

This course surveys generally the history of technology (from the early modern period to the present) and investigates how technology shapes society, and how society molds technology. Topics include ancient technologies, the printing press, the Industrial Revolution, the replacing of laborers with machines, electricity, transportation, Ford and the invention of the automobile, Taylorism and the organization of labor, technology during World War II (including radar, V1and V2 rockers and the Enigma machine) and the rise of the NASA space program.

Prerequisite(s): Completion of first year writing requirements
Note: Satisfies a humanities and social sciences elective.