Students conduct panel discussions on new technologies and their intellectual and social impacts. TCC 101 or ENWR 110 or instructor permission Readings and discussion of selected works in the classic writings of engineers and scientists from the earliest records to the Renaissance. Surveys advances of technological knowledge through the ages. Explores the ways scientists and inventors think, using concepts, theories, and methods borrowed from several disciplines, but focusing especially on psychology. Topics include experimental simulations of scientific reasoning, a cognitive framework for understanding creativity, and modeling discovery on a computer.
Students read and discuss articles and conduct a short research project.
Fulfills TCC 200- level writing and speaking requirements. Investigates the way technology is created and improved. Offers a collaborative learning environment in which multi-disciplinary teams invent and design several modules that emulate problems, such as the invention of the telephone or the design of an expert system. Includes readings from psychology, history, computing, ethics, and engineering. Students keep design notebooks, present team project results, and write an integrative paper.