HIST5810 IMPACT OF SCIENCE/TECH ON CULT

Study of the modern scientific and technological impact upon the development and transformation of world cultures. The resultant common social, economic, political and educational problems--from urban crisis to student unrest and intellectual anxiety. These problems and probable solutions discussed. Stress on need for anticipating probable consequences of scientific and technological innovations. Introduction to growing number of serious studies of world futurists and their organizations. Shoud not be taken by those who have had HIST 4882 Philosophy. Science and Civilization II. Didsbury