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UH-2834: Topics in Humanities for Technology Innovation for Societal Impact

Description: Threshold concepts in the humanities related to collaborative, transdisciplinary technology innovation for societal impact. Study of key ideas and values related to technology innovation in various spatial, cultural, and temporal contexts. Use of key concepts in the humanities such as historical/cultural context and the nature of the good to examine the ethics of technological and societal innovation. May be repeated 5 times with different content for a maximum of 6 credits.

Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 1 credit

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: up to 6 credit hours

Sections Taught: 16

Average GPA: 3.89 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 86.63%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Thanassis Rikakis202083.0%14.4%0.0%2.6%0.0%0.0%3.723
Jared A Keyel202187.5%8.3%0.0%4.2%0.0%0.0%3.763
Sylvester A Johnson2021100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.983
Paul V Heilker202199.3%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%3.986
Shahabedin Sagheb2019100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.941

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