| TGTU17 | The Engineer, the Technology and the Society, 6 ECTS credits. /Ingenjören, tekniken och samhället/ |
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Area of Education: Social Science Subject area: Sociology of technology |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): B
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| Aim: To reflect upon and understand the engineer?s profession and the role of the engineer in a social and historical context. The main emphasis of the course is on some of the problems and fields of learning which are investigated in research on the relation between man, technology and society (MTS). |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) General university admission requirements. Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: The course is based upon a series of lectures and ca 4 seminars, a literature assignment and a take-home examination. |
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| Course contents: The course focuses on a perspective in which the work of the engineer is seen as a cultural activity, and which locates and studies the engineer and the engineer?s work in different fields of learning. In the course various questions are discussed, such as the role of the engineer in an organisational and social context; what significance does the engineer have for the culture; how can the engineer?s expertise be expressed and conveyed; has the role of the engineer changed over time; can we speak in terms of an engineer culture; for whom does the engineer design technology, and how do the users utilise and perceive what the engineer creates? |
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| Course literature: See literature list. |
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| Approved seminar assignments. Approved literature assignment. Pass for take-home examination. |
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| One of two marks is awarded for the course: Pass or Fail. | |||
Course language is Swedish. Department offering the course: TEMA. Director of Studies: Johanna Forssell Examiner: Kajsa Ellegård Link to the course homepage at the department |
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