Area: | Department of Social Sciences |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Anti Requisite(s): | 9843 (v.6) Sociology 324 - Sociology of Human Futures, Society and Technological Change
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Prerequisite(s): | 7365 (v.4) Sociology 111 - Social Construction of Identity - Introduction to Doing Sociology or any previous version
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7366 (v.4) Sociology 112 - Australian Society in the Global Economy or any previous version
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Human futures and technological change. Technology and social change - modern society. Relationship between technical change and capitalist development. Invention and innovation. Technological determinism. Theories of technocracy. Technology and production focusing on gender, globalisation, the future of work, biotechnology. Theories and impact of information society. |
Availability
Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | 2003 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | Y |
- Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. - Central External refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area. |