Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Course Code | : SOSY685 |
| Course Type | : Area Elective |
| Couse Group | : Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree) |
| Education Language | : Turkish |
| Work Placement | : N/A |
| Theory | : 3 |
| Prt. | : 0 |
| Credit | : 3 |
| Lab | : 0 |
| ECTS | : 5 |
This course aims to help students develop their theoretical knowledge and analytical thinking on the debates on the complex interaction among science, technology and society.
This course provides an extensive introduction on Science and Technology Studies (STS). STS explores the complex interaction between science, technology and society. Science and technology studies looks at how social, political, cultural, and material conditions shape scientific work and technological development and how science and technology, in turn, shapes society. More broadly, the seminar aims to explore the ways in which society and technology -from simple tools to most complex machinery, including new modes of existence such as artificial intelligence – have always been and will parts of human conditions, power and politics. In this seminar will discuss nature of technology, scientific facts, science as a social institution, expert knowledge, state building, politics and the shaping of economy and society.
| 1. | To analyze teknological, economic and political transformation in modern societies |
| 2. | To learn theories on technology and society |
| 3. | To develop comparative perspective |
| 4. | To be informed about technological changes |
| 5. | To understand impacts of technologies on society |
| 1. | Latour, Bruno. 1987. Science in Action Cambridge: Harvard University Press. |
| 2. | Verbeek, P. P. 2005. What Things Do: Philosophical Reflections on Technology, Agency and Design. Pennsylvania State University Press. |
| 3. | Witheford, Nick-Dyer. 1999. Cyber-Marx: Cycles and Circuits of Struggle in High Technology Capitalism. |
| 4. | Law, J. 1991. Sociology of Monsters: Essay on Power, Technology and Domination. New York. Routledge. |
| 5. | Biagioli, Mario. 1998. The Science Studies Reader. New York: Routledge. |
| 6. | Sismondo, S. 2010. An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies. London: Blackwell Publishing (2nd Edition) |
| 7. | Adas, M. 1989. Machine as the Measure of Man: Science, Technology and Ideologies of Western Domination. Cornell University Press. |
| 8. | Bijker, W. et al. 2012 Social Construction of Technological Systems. Boston: MIT Press. |
| Type of Assessment | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Midterm Examination | 1 | %40 |
| Final Examination | 1 | %60 |
| Activities | Count | Preparation | Time | Total Work Load (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture - Theory | 14 | 3 | 3 | 84 |
| Seminar | 1 | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| Term Project | 1 | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) | 126 | |||
PÇ-1 | PÇ-2 | PÇ-3 | PÇ-4 | PÇ-5 | PÇ-6 | PÇ-7 | PÇ-8 | PÇ-9 | PÇ-10 | PÇ-11 | |
OÇ-1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
OÇ-2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
OÇ-3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
OÇ-4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
OÇ-5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |