Technology, Society and Culture: A Global View. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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This course will investigate the issues and problems inherent in the globalization of technology and culture at the beginning of this new millennium. Countries and economies are becoming more entwined in each other’s identities and economies, and cultural diversity is both threatened and proliferating at one and the same time. How much can the world's markets continue to grow and connect? How does the spread of information change what we know about one another? Should we be afraid of progress? Does the world understand the United States? Do we understand the world? How can "Growth" or "development" be sustained? How can we guide its change? This course satisfies the three credit 200 GER in History and Humanities.