Students who enroll in these courses have the opportunity to earn three undergraduate credits from NDSU and one-half unit of high school credit from the Division. T his course is an introductory survey course that explores the impact of technology on society and serves as a basic historical overview of the development of technology from circa A.D. 700 forward to the present. The course emphasizes both Asian and Western perspectives regarding the development of technology through time and across cultural boundaries.
Further emphasis is placed on the roles that cultural and social technology.
Contrasts between Western and Eastern technologies are examined in light of local, regional, and global events.