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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr Helen Verran.
Prerequisite: Normally 12.5 points of first-year HPS.
Contact: Three hours of lectures, seminars, or tutorials a week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- demonstrate an understanding of, and ability to think critically about the shaping of technologies and scientific knowledge claims by social, political and historical forces.
Content:
Examines theoretical/conceptual frame-works within which science, technology and society can be analysed. A series of case studies in science and technology studied in their Australian, international and cross-cultural social and political contexts.
Assessment:
Written work of up to 5,000 words.
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Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr H Verran
Contact: 13 lectures (one a week) and 13 seminars (two hours a week)
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- demonstrate an understanding of, and ability to think critically about, the shaping of technologies and scientific knowledge claims by social, political, and historical forces
Content:
A theoretical/conceptual framework within which science, technology and society can be analysed. A series of case studies in science and technology. Focus on science and technology in the Australian and international social and political context.
Assessment:
Written work of up to 5,000 words.
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Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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