Grand Challenges - Industrial Revolution to Digital Age
72 hours face to face + blended
One teaching period or equivalent
Hawthorn
Overview
This unit explores the relationship between scientific, technological and human development from the industrial revolution to the digital age and beyond from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Students will be introduced to conceptual frameworks that explain the ways in which technological disruption transforms societies, simultaneously creating opportunities for incredible human advancement whilst unleashing potentially catastrophic consequences
Requisites
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Pathways Teaching 3
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
21-October-2024
31-January-2025
31-January-2025
Last self-enrolment date
03-November-2024
Census date
15-November-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-December-2024
Results released date
11-February-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Understand and explain competing perspectives concerning the relationship between scientific, technological and human development
- Critically reflect on the relationship between technology, identity, and self
- Perform logical analysis and develop well-informed arguments
- Critically reflect on and evaluate their own learning experience
- Communicate ideas and critically evaluate arguments advanced by others
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
Face to Face Contact Lecture |
2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
Face to Face Contact Tutorial |
2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
Face to Face Contact Workshop |
2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent Learning |
6.50 | 12 weeks | 78 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
Blog | Individual | 25 - 35% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Essay | Individual | 40 - 60% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Reflection | Individual | 15 - 25% | 2,3,4,5 |
Content
- Understanding technological change and social development
- Technology, Identity and the Self
- Revolutions: From Agricultural to Industrial to Digital
- Technology, Risk and Opportunity The ethics of scientific and technological innovation
- Technological progress and contemporary challenges
- Robotics, automation and their implications
- Artificial Intelligence and human futures
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.