Technology and Society D

Recommended prerequisites: This is a master's level course, so it is assumed that the students have a bachelor's degree or similar level of studies done.

After the course, the student knows the basics of how social scientific thinking and perspectives can be applied in engineering and design work. Especially, the student learns how technology, society, and culture are in a profoundly reciprocal relationship, shaping each other, and therefore, technology should not be seen as a separate from society or culture.

Teaching Language: English

Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Spring III - IV
2025-2026 Spring III - IV

Registration:

If there is a need to limit the number of students, then the admission to the course will occur in the following order 1) students of the Master's Programme in Information Networks, 2) other Aalto students. Bachelor's students can be accepted if the bachelor's degree is almost completed, and the smooth progress of studies requires the commencement of master's studies.