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CH 212

Science, Technology, and Society in the Modern Era

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelLower Division
Average gradeB+
Standard

Overview

Description

Analyzes history and culture of the modern world, exploration of scientific revolutions and methods, rise and global spread of science-based technologies, and their impact on nature, the human body, society and the world.

Requirements

Prerequisites

ENG 101ENG 100ENG 100LENG 113

Corequisites

ENG 104

Recommended Preparation

CH 201
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 or ENG 100 and ENG 100L or ENG 113

Corequisites

Corequisite(s): ENG 104

Recommended Preparation

Recommended Preparation: CH 201.

Units

Lecture2
Discussion Recitation1

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer

Terms

fall, spring, summer

Core

CO5

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • express ideas clearly and persuasively, using relevant evidence to support their arguments.
  • analyze primary source texts with attention to content, historical and cultural context, and rhetorical techniques.
  • trace the sources and development of European intellectual, scientific, and technological traditions and institutions as well as their social, cultural, and historical impacts, with attention to the diversity of global experiences and voices that shaped them.
  • identify how arts, technologies, scientific discoveries, political ideologies, and globalization contributed to modern and contemporary identities.
  • connect the beliefs, values, and actions of past generations to contemporary conditions.
  • describe European interactions with other parts of the world and explain how interregional cultural connections, economic ties, military conflicts, and scientific and technological developments shaped ideas, beliefs, and values in the modern and contemporary world.