Academic Calendar 2015/2016 - Sociology of Science, Technology and Environment

SOCI 4227  Sociology of Science, Technology and Environment

Prerequisites:

SOCI 2016 & SOCI 2017. Restricted to students in the fourth year of the Major, Specialization or Honours Specialization in Sociology and who have completed 24 credits in Sociology.

Hours:

Three hours of seminar per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

The aim of this course is to encourage students to explore the changing relationship among science, technology and the environment and the consequences of the production, distribution and consumption of scientific and other forms of technology. Emphasis will also be placed on such issues as genetic engineering, social media, environmental planning and disasters. The course will establish an appreciation of how science, technology and the environment are intertwined, and the need to understand science as embedded in the social, cultural, political, racialized and gendered worlds of modernity.