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.
Fulfills TCC 200-level writing and speaking requirements. Cross-listed as PSYC 419. Not to substitute for TCC 401, TCC 402. The topic, work plan, and conditions are arranged by contract between instructor and student and approved by the division chair, with a copy to be filed in the division office. A historical perspective is presented in readings, films, and discussions, on Western civilization's views of technology.