Science, Technology & Culture After World War II

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This multidisciplinary seminar explores how U.S. science and technology have shaped culture and politics since World War II, covering topics such as NASA, DARPA, Silicon Valley and consumer electronics, genetics, and the internet, while paying special attention to issues of race, gender, class, and other social dynamics that define American cultures. This is a writing enhanced course in which students will design their own research projects. Designed for majors in all schools, we will study the cultural significance of these changes, and students are not expected to have an extensive scientific background.