HSS 205 - Technology and Society

• Essentials of Paleolithic and Neolithic technology.
• Essentials of Near Eastern technology.
• Essentials of Greco-Roman technology
• Essentials of medieval technology.
• Europe’s transition from medieval superstition to the rationality of the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment.
• Europe’s revolution in industry and technology.
• Rise of industry in America.
• Responses to poverty associated with the rise of industry in America.
• Technological innovations of the 1920s and their immediate consequences.
• Cold War era and its most identifiable technological sign, the atom bomb.
• Impact of the technological innovations of the 1950s.
• Evolution of U.S. military technology from Vietnam to present.

A 90 - 100
B 80 - 89
C 70 - 79
D 60 - 69
F 0 - 59

1. Apply the basic terminology related to the study of technology through an understanding of the origins and evolution of civilization and culture.
2. Describe the evolution of technology and industry in the West through discussion of the scientific and industrial revolution in Europe.
3. Discuss the values present in late nineteenth and early twentieth century American society which were supportive or critical of technological change and revolution in industry.
4. Analyze specific technological innovations in post-1945 America, including their technological and cultural sources, positive and negative impacts on society, and the role of society in developing and controlling these technologies.

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