ENGR498C, Social and Environmental Impacts of Consumer Technology, is a new course exploring significant social and environmental impacts of technology with particular emphasis on consumer products. The course will cover a broad range of technologies from the production of plastics to the use of cell phones, in terms of how these technologies impact people, culture, ecosystem, and public health.
What happens to all that plastic used in our every day lives? What happens to your old phone when you get a new one? How has technology changed the way we think, focus, interact, and relate to the world? In this course, we will look at these and other similar questions raised by our design, use, and distribution of consumer technology. Technology is often far more than what initially meets the design engineer’s eye. Join us as we explore the consequences of its use and disposal around the world.
When: Spring Quarter 2016
Where: EEB 026
Time: Tuesday, 3:30-5:20 p.m.
Credits: 2 (I&S)
Instructor: Denise Wilson