SOC 021: Technology, Society, and Culture

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours

Catalog page 445

Prerequisites: none

Description: Examines the co-evolution of material tech- nology, society, and culture in societies up to the post-industrial era. Explores processes of innovation and diffusion of innovations, as well as anticipated and unanticipated consequences of technology for society and culture.