Course syllabus adopted 2021-02-26 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).
Overview
- Swedish nameTeknikhistoria
- CodeCTE031
- Credits7.5 Credits
- OwnerMTS
- Education cycleFirst-cycle
- ThemeMTS 7.5 c
- DepartmentTECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
- GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail
Course round 1
- Teaching language Swedish
- Application code 99111
- Maximum participants150
- Block schedule
- Open for exchange studentsNo
Credit distribution
Module | Sp1 | Sp2 | Sp3 | Sp4 | Summer | Not Sp | Examination dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0105 Take-home examination 7.5 c Grading: TH | 7.5 c |
In programmes
- MTS - Humans, Technology, Society, Year 1
- TIKEL - CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Year 3 (elective)
- TKDAT - COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, Year 3 (elective)
- TKELT - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, Year 3 (compulsory elective)
- TKITE - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, Year 2 (elective)
- TKITE - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, Year 3 (elective)
- TKMAS - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, Year 3 (elective)
- TKSAM - CIVIL ENGINEERING, Year 3 (elective)
Examiner
Per Lundin- Professor, Science, Technology and Society, Technology Management and Economics
Eligibility
General entry requirements for bachelor's level studiesAim
The course aims to provide a deeper understanding of the interplay between technological change and societal change. The course provides knowledge of typical patterns in technological change.Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)
- Describe and analyze the interplay between technological change on the one hand and cultural, economic, political and social change on the other- Identify factors that cause technological change
- Describe and analyze the mechanisms of technological change
- Explain and interpret historical processes
- Describe and analyze theoretical concepts and explanatory models in the historical sciences
- Problematize the societal consequences of technological change, then and now
- Observe the ethical problems that development and use of technology may be associated with
- Write argumentative text
Content
History of technology is the historical study of technology and technological change. Themes and issues covered in the course are:
- Factors that shape technological change
- The mechanisms of technological change
- Technology transfer
- Technological determinism
- The unanticipated consequences of technology
- Science and technology as different traditions of knowledge
- The development of the engineering profession
- The development of large technological systems
- Gender and technology
Organisation
Lectures and seminars.Literature
See course home pageExamination including compulsory elements
Take home exam. Grade: F, 3,4,5.The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.