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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Social and Political Science : Science, Technology and Innovation Studies

Undergraduate Course: Science and Ethics (STIS10007)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryScience and technology have profound impact on individuals and the societies in which they live. While some of these impacts are desirable and intended, such as the control of infectious diseases, other impacts are neither desirable nor intended, such as anthropogenic climate change. Science and technology¿s role in society is consequently a vigorously debated topic, and the aim of this course is to introduce some of the major debates.
Course description Science and technology have profound impact on individuals and the societies in which they live. While some of these impacts are desirable and intended, such as the control of infectious diseases, other impacts are neither desirable nor intended, such as anthropogenic climate change. Science and technology¿s role in society is consequently a vigorously debated topic, and the aim of this course is to introduce some of the major debates.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. By the end of this 20 credit, upper level course, students should be able to demonstrate through written work and other contributions to the lecture discussions and seminars that they: - understand the key terms, definitions and concepts underpinning our current understanding of the interaction between science and society;
  2. show awareness and understanding of case studies and examples where science raise social issues;
  3. are able to integrate empirical knowledge into theoretical frameworks to generate sustained analysis of normative issues arising in the interactions between science and society;
  4. appreciate the degree to which analysis and understanding of scientific thought and social values is an interdisciplinary undertaking by virtue of the nature of the problem;
  5. are familiar with the ways in which different value systems cohere or conflict.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Lawrence Dritsas
Tel: (0131 6)50 4011
Email: L.Dritsas@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Alexander Dysart
Tel: (0131 6)51 5197
Email: Alex.Dysart@ed.ac.uk
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