AN 3110 - Culture, Society and Technology

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Technology has played a critical role in all human evolution. This course provides an historical overview of the ways in which culture has shaped technology and how technology changes cultures. It emphasizes the impact of technology on modern cultures, especially technology emanating from the Western industrial revolution. (Formerly AN 300) Satisfies the university general education requirement in the social science knowledge exploration area or the Western civilization knowledge exploration area, not both.