BMMT 170L1 Global Technologies [GEGA and GELB]

Students analyze and synthesize information from diverse sources to explore how communications, energy and medical technologies influence cultural interactions. Students explore the issues of intolerance, along with historical, social and cultural differences and how they affect interactions with those cultures in order to make informed decisions.

Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Fall and Winter

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Restriction by Class - Undergraduate standing

Rationale for Perspectives on a Diverse World - This course meets the General Education requirement for Global Awareness by exploring the choices people made in the past and the choices today’s students will have to make in the near future with regard to energy, medical and communication technology. Students analyze examples of the impact of technological change in energy and medicine and develop consideration for other cultures when making decisions. They apply the lessons learned from historical examples in energy technology and medical technology to emerging issues related to alternative energy and communication technology. After completing the course, students should have a better understanding of the international impact of technological change and a better idea of how to anticipate and cope with changes caused by new technologies in ways that consider the effect of their choices on other cultures.

Keywords: L1, Global Awareness (GEGA) , technology, international
Equivalent Courses: COTS 170L1, COT 170L1, STS 170L1, STS 170L, STS 170
Updates: Change to prefix 10/2019, effective Fall 2020; Change to Dept. 11/2018, effective Fall 2019; Change to prefix and equivalent courses 11/2018, effective Fall 2019; Change to prefix 1/2015, effective Fall 2015; Change to number 7/2014

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