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 136-233 History of Technology

Credit Points

16.7 2nd year

Coordinator

Dr Peter Milner (Faculty of Engineering)

Prerequisites

Normally 12.5 points of first-year HPS or 75 points of first-year Science subjects.

Semester

All year

Contact

Up to three hours of lectures, seminars or tutorials a week

Subject Description

Selected studies in the history of technology. To examine the major periods of technological development from the Neolithic to the present.

Assessment

Performance throughout the year in field work (4 1/2 days); assignments totalling not more than 30 pages; and a 20-minute seminar presentation.

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