TEC154 2004S At A Glance

This is an abbreviated course syllabus. Like everything else in this course, it is likely to change.

Weeks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, break, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.

Week 1: Overview
Martin Luther King day	(01) Wednesday, 21 January 2004 Introduction to the Course What is technology? How does one study? Course structure. Expectations. Assignments: Fill out the introductory survey (to be distributed via email). Read section 1 of Teich.	(02) Friday, 23 January 2004 What is Technology?
Week 2: Stone Tools (Whittaker, Anthropology)
(03) Monday, 26 January 2004 Stone Tools (1)	(04) Wednesday, 28 January 2004 Stone Tools (2)	(05) Friday, 30 January 2004 Stone Tools (Discussion)
Week 3: An Engineering Perspective
(06) Monday, 2 February 2004 Engineering (1)	(07) Wednesday, 4 February 2004 Engineering (2)	(08) Friday, 6 February 2004 Printing (1)
Week 4: Printing (Dobbs, English)
(09) Monday, 9 February 2004 Printing (2)	(10) Wednesday, 11 February 2004 Printing (3)	(11) Friday, 13 February 2004 Printing (Discussion)
Week 5: Other Perspectives
(12) Monday, 16 February 2004 Perspectives (1)	(13) Wednesday, 18 February 2004 Perspectives (2)	(14) Friday, 20 February 2004 Perspectives (3)
Week 6: Voting Technology
(15) Monday, 23 February 2004 Voting Technology (1) Background: Steps in an election; Ways of looking at voting technology; Design criteria. Early technologies. Balloting. Mechanical voting. Punch cards.	(16) Wednesday, 25 February 2004 Voting Technology (2)	(17) Friday, 27 February 2004 Patents
Week 7: Musical Instruments (Vetter, Music)
(18) Monday, 1 March 2004 Instruments (1)	(19) Wednesday, 3 March 2004 Instruments (2)	(20) Friday, 5 March 2004 Instruments (Discussion)
Week 8: Human Factors in Technology
(21) Monday, 8 March 2004 Human Factors (1)	(22) Wednesday, 10 March 2004 Human Factors (2)	(23) Friday, 12 March 2004 Midterm
*Spring Break*
Week 9: Structures (Case, Physics)
(24) Monday, 29 March 2004 Structures (1)	(25) Wednesday, 31 March 2004 Structures (2)	(26) Friday, 2 April 2004 Structures (Discussion)
Week 10: Biotechnology (Robertson, Biology)
(27) Monday, 5 April 2004 Biotechnology (1)	(28) Wednesday, 7 April 2004 Biotechnology (2)	(29) Friday, 9 April 2004 Biotechnology (Discussion)
Week 11: Nanotechnology (Borovsky, Physics)
(30) Monday, 12 April 2004 Nanotechnology (1)	(31) Wednesday, 14 April 2004 Nanotechnology (2)	(32) Friday, 16 April 2004 Nanotechnology (Discussion)
Week 12: Computing (Rebelsky, Computer Science)
(33) Monday, 19 April 2004 Computing (1)	(34) Wednesday, 21 April 2004 Computing (2)	(35) Friday, 23 April 2004 Computing (Discussion)
Week 13: Digital Photography (Pergl, Art)
(36) Monday, 26 April 2004 Digital Photography (1)	(37) Wednesday, 28 April 2004 Digital Photography (2)	(38) Friday, 30 April 2004 Digital Photography (Discussion)
Week 14: Student Presentations
(39) Monday, 3 May 2004 Presentations (1)	(40) Wednesday, 5 May 2004 Presentations (2)	(41) Friday, 7 May 2004 Wrapup

History

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Tuesday, 13 January 2004 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

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Monday, 19 January 2004 [Samuel A. Rebelsky]

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Added patents.
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