UNIVERSITY OF CALOOCAN CITY

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS and ACCOUNTANCY

COURSE GUIDE

I. COURSE TITLE : Science Technology and Society

COURSE CODE : GEC 007
PREREQUISITE :
UNITS : 3 Units

II. COURSE PROFESSOR : Maricar F. Flores

EMAIL ADDRESS : mrcrflrs2@gmail.com

III. CLASS SCHEDULE (Specify schedule as indicated in the faculty loading as well as the Synchronous Meeting Schedule for the students)
Camarin Campus MON BSA-1A 8:00-11:00 NORTH THURS HRM 1C 7:00-10:00 NORTH
MON BSOAD-2D 11:00-2:00 NORTH THURS MM-1C 10:00-1:00 NORTH
TUES BSAIS-1A 10:00-1:00 NORTH FRI MM-1A 10:00-1:00 NORTH
TUES BSAIS-1B 1:30-4:30 NORTH FRI MM-1B 1:30-4:30 NORTH
WED HRM-1A 7:00-10:00 NORTH SAT BSA-1C 10:00-1:00 NORTH
\ WED HRM-1B 10:00-1:00 NORTH SAT FMGT-1C 7:00-10:00 NORTH

IV. COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course deals with interactions between science and technology and social, cultural, political, and economic contexts that shape and are
shaped by them. (CMO No. 20, series of 2013) This interdisciplinary course engages students to confront the realities brought about by science
and technology in society. Such realities pervade the personal, the public, and the global aspects of our living and are integral to human
development. Scientific knowledge and technological development happen in the context of society with ll its socio-political, cultural,
economic, and philosophical underpinnings at play. This course seeks to instill reflective knowledge in the students that they are able to live
the good life and display ethical decision making in the face of scientific and technological advancement. This course includes mandatory topics
on climate change and environmental awareness.

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COURSE EXPECTED OUTCOME (CEO)

At the end of the course, the students should be able to

Knowledge
1.Articulate the impacts of science and technology on society, specifically Philippine society

2.Explain how science and technology affect society and the environment and its role in nation-building
3.Analyze the human condition in order to deeply reflect and express philosophical ramifications that are meaningful to the student as a part
of society
4. Define and demonstrate the impact of social media on the students’ life and Philippine society in general
Values
1.Imbibe the importance of science and technology in the preservation of the environment and the development of the Filipino nation
2.Critique human flourishing vis-à-vis the progress of science and technology such that the student may be able to define for himself/herself
the meaning of the good life.
3.Foster the value of a healthy lifestyle toward the holistic and sustainable development of society and the environment
Skills
1.Creatively present the importance and contributions of science and technology to society
2.Examine shared concerns that make up the good life in order to come up with innovative and creative solutions to contemporary issues
guided by ethical standards
3.Illustrate how the social media and information age impact their lives and their understanding of climate change

V. COURSE PROGRAM

METHODOLOGY/
ACTIVITIES
WEEK (Learning SUGGESTED READINGS &
LESSON/ TOPIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES STUDENT OUTPUT
Platform) REFERENCES EVALUATION
(Synchronous/ TOOL
Asynchronous)

- Introduce self to -The objectives of this online

classmates and teacher introduction are to
- List expectations for the 1. to know more about their Online

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subject teachers and classmates; Introduction
- Netiquette during online 2. give students the chance to
- Requirements of Teacher practice how to combine
- Rules and regulation what they have already
during online class learned, and to
3. to understand proper
behavior when
communicating online.

1.Historical antecedents in -Discuss the interactions Online Class by

which social considerations between S&T and society using Google Meet Science, Technology, and Society. Activity: Diagnostic Test
changed the course of throughout history (Synchronous) Bautista, Burce, Dungo, “Standing on the
science and technology Garcia,Imson, Labog, Salazar, shoulders of
-Discuss how scientific and Lecture/ Video Santos. Giants” Summarize and
a. In the World: technological developments Powerpoint Review
-Video: Stephen Colbert’s interview
Ancient, Middle and affect society and the Presentation and with Neil Tyson
Modern Ages environment Discussion -https://www.youtube.com/watch Historical Timeline:
-Youtube: World’s Greatest An Artwork Exercises
b. In the Philippine -Identify the paradigm shifts Inventions (3 minutes) Presentation
1-2 in history -Philippine Great Inventions
-Paul Anderson article: “More is
Different” 1976
https://explorable.com/
scientificreductionism
https://explorable.com/what-is-a-
paradigm
http://www.history.com/topics/
enlightenmen
t/videos/mankind-the-story-of -all-
of-usscientific-revolution
Kuhn , Structure of Scientific
Revolution

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2.Intellectual revolutions -Articulate ways by which
that defined society society is transformed by
a. Copernican science and technology
b. Darwinian
c. Freudian - Explain the historical
d. Information timeline of Science and
e. Meso-American Technology.
f. Asian
3 g. Middle East -Analyze the difference
h. African between the diff. Periods
involved in the development
of Science and Technology.
-Synthesize and create their
own definition of Science
ans Technology based on
discussion on this unit.
Online Class by Science, Technology, and
using Google Meet Society.by Chapter Activity Summarize and
(Synchronous) Serafica, Pawilen, Caslib, Alata. Review
Science, Technology, and
Lecture/ Video
Society.by
Powerpoint Bautista, Burce, Dungo,
Quiz on the reading Exercises
Presentation and Garcia,Imson, Labog, Salazar, materials
Discussion Santos.
Flowcharts/revival-west/the-
ageenlightenment
 http://hti.osu.ed/scientific
revolution/lesson
plans
 Powerpoint presentation on the
individual
scholars and great works.

4-5 3. Science and Technology -Discuss the role of Science Online Class Science, Group Project Summarize and
and Nation Building. and Technology in by using Technology, and Society.by presentation Review
Philippine nation building Google Meet Bautista, Burce, Dungo,
a. The Philippine (Synchronous) Garcia,Imson, Labog, Salazar,
Santos.
Government S&T Agenda. -Evaluate government Quiz on the reading Exercises
policies pertaining to science Lecture/ Video Government Documents: 1.
materials
b. Major development and technology in terms of Powerpoint NEDA. National
programs and personalities their contributions to nation Presentation Development Agenda;
in S&T in the Philippines. building and Regional Agenda
Discussion  Filipino Great Men and Assignment
c. Science Education in the -Identify actual science and Women
Philippines. technology policies of the  Great Filipino Inventions
government and appraise
d. Selected indigenous their impact on the
science and technologies. development of the Filipino
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nation
Analyze the human condition Online Class by Science, Technology, and
in order to deeply reflect and using Google Meet Society.by Summarize and
express philosophical (Synchronous) Serafica, Pawilen, Caslib, Alata. Review
Chapter Activity
The Human Person ramifications that are
The Question Concerning
flourishing in terms of meaningful to the student as Lecture/ Video
Technology by
6 science and technology. a part of society Powerpoint/ Martin Heidegger
Exercises
Technology as a Way of Presentation and A Return to the Beginning by Quiz on the reading
Revealing Discussion Daniel J. McNamara, SJ, in Stellar materials
Origins, Human
Ways (2011)

Human flourishing Critique human flourishing Online Class by Science, Technology, and Chapter Activity Summarize and
vis-à-vis the progress of using Google Meet Society.by Review
science and technology so (Synchronous) Serafica, Pawilen, Caslib, Alata.
that the stuident can define Quiz on the reading
Movie Clip (YouTube): The
for himself/herself the Lecture/ Video materials Exercises
Magician’s Twin:
meaning of the good life. Powerpoint CS Lewis and the case against
Presentation and Scientism
Discussion Film: Akiro Kurosawa’s Dreams
“Village of the Watermills”
7 Forget ‘developing’ rich countries,
it’s time to
‘de-develop’ rich countries. By
Jason Hickel
http://www.theguardian.com/
globaldevelopment-professionals-
network/2015/sep/23/developing-
poor.

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The Good Life Examine shared concerns
that make up the good life in
order to come up with
innovative, creative solutions
to contemporary issues
guided by ethical standards.
-Describe what good life is;
-examine shared concerns
that make up the good life
considering ethical standard
in order to determine
appropriate decisions to
contemporary issues.
8 -Philosopher and Other Essays,
Section Exam:Find and
examine local government
policies that protect the well-
being of the person in the
face of new technologies.
Online Class by Science, Technology, and
using Google Meet Society.by Reflection
(Synchronous) Serafica, Pawilen, Caslib, Alata. Chapter Activity about the Topic
Science,
Lecture/ Video
Technology, and Society.by
Powerpoint Bautista, Burce, Dungo,
Exercises
Presentation Garcia,Imson, Labog, Salazar,
Lecture and Santos.
Discussion Book VI and Bk X Nichomachean
ethics of Aristotle Quiz on the reading
-The Concepts of the Public Good: materials
A View from the Filipino
Philosopher by Rolando
Gripaldo in the Making of a Filipino
2009, National Bookstore pp 82-101
-Eudaimonia and Human
Flourishing in
Ethics and Human Dignity by
Christopher
Ryan Maboloc). Manila, 2010. Rex
Bookstore pp 15-23
That Sugar Film (2015)
(documentary)
Ppt: towards a green economy:
pathways to
sustainable development and
poverty
eradication–UNEP
Group work
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9 MIDTERM WEEK

When technology and Examine human rights in Online Class by Science, Technology, and Group Presentation Summarize and
humanity cross order to uphold such rights in using Google Meet Society.by on how technology Review
technological ethical (Synchronous) Serafica, Pawilen, Caslib, Alata. reveals nature and
dilemmas. the human
The ethical dilemmas of robotics
Lecture/ Video http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
person’s role in it Exercises
10 Powerpoint technology
Presentation and Is Google Making Us Stupid? 2008.
Discussion Nicholas Carr Reflection
http://www/theatlantic.com/ Quiz on the reading
magazine/archive materials Assignment
/2008/07/Is google making us
stupid.

11 Why does the future not Evaluate contemporary Online Class by Science, Technology, and Case Study: Summarize and
need us? human experience in order to using Google Meet Society.by WAZE Review
strengthen and enlighten the (Synchronous) Serafica, Pawilen, Caslib, Alata.
human person functioning in Essay
Why The Future Doesn’t Need Us
society Lecture/ Video
(2000) –
Powerpoint Bill Joy, Chief Scientist and
Presentation and Corporate
Discussion Executive Officer of Sun
Microsystems
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/
computing/nano/d
ocuments
 Movie: “A I”

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12 The information Age Link learned concepts to the
(Gutenberg to Social development of the
media) information age and its
impact on society.
Illustrate how the social
media and the information
age have impacted our lives.
Isaac Asimov, “I Robot
Online Class by Science, Activity Report Summarize and
using Google Meet Technology, and Society.by Review
(Synchronous) Bautista, Burce, Dungo,
Garcia,Imson, Labog, Salazar,
Santos
Lecture/ Video Exercises
Powerpoint/ Book: “Alan Turing: The Enigma”
Presentation and (Andrew Hodges and Douglas
Discussion Hofstadter)
- TEDTalk: Julian Assange on “Why
the World Needs Wikileaks”
Activity Report: A day without
Technology
- Activity Report: Timing your
Technology
- Activity Report: Technology and
Past (interviews with elders)
- Nature’s Longest Threads by
Janaki Balakrishnan and B V
Sreekantan
- How we decide by Jonah Lehrer
- Information: The new language of
science
(Hans Christian von Baeyer)
- Philippine Science and
Technology:
Economic, Political and Social
Events Shaping Their Development
(Socorro M. Rodriguez, 1996)
Germ Catcher (David J. Ecker,
Scientific American, 2014)
- Physics of the Future: How science
will shape human destiny and our
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daily lives by the year 2100 (Michio
Kaku, Doubleday,
2011)

Biodiversity and the -Determine the Online Class by Science, Technology, and Group Debate; Summarize and
Healthy Society interrelatedness of society, using Google Meet Society.by Review
environment, and health; (Synchronous) Bautista, Burce, Dungo, Negative and
-Identify human caused Garcia,Imson, Labog, Salazar, Positive aspects of
Santos
species loss as one of the Lecture/ Video GMO. Exercises
Article: “The politics of golden
major current threats to Powerpoint Rice” (Dubock, Adrian GM Crops
Genetically Modified biodiversity; Presentation and & Food. JulSep2014, Vol5 Issue 3 p
Organisms: -define biodiversity hotspot Discussion 210-222 13p.) Product Assignment
Science, Health, and and explain where most of - Article: “Ethics in Research with presentation
13 Politics the worlds biodiversity Vulnerable Populations and
hotspots are located and Emerging Countries: The
-familiarized with GMO. Golden Rice Case.” (Duguet, Anne Quiz
Marie et. al., Journal of International
Discuss the ethics and Law andCommercial Regulations.
implications of GMOs and Summer 2013,
Vol. 38 Issue 4, p979-1013, 35p)
potential future impact
Agro-ecology: What it is and what it
has to offer?
Is this the future of farming?

14 Discuss the major impacts Online Class by Science, Technology, and Group Presentation: Reflection
The Nano World (both potential and realized} using Google Meet Society.by Successful stories about the topic
of nanotechnology on society (Synchronous) Serafica, Pawilen, Caslib, Alata about Nano
technology.
Science, Technology, and
Analyze the issue through Lecture/ Video
Society.by
the conceptual STS lenses. Powerpoint Serafica, Pawilen, Caslib, Alata
Presentation and
Critique the issue on its costs Discussion TEDTalk: Ray Kurzwell on “How Quiz
and benefits to society. Technology Will Transform Us”

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-Article: “Nanoethics: The ethical
and Social Implications of
Nanotechnology” (Patrick Lin
and Fritz Allhoff, Hoboken, New
Jersey:
John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2007)
Article: “Environmental Impacts of
Nanotechnology and Its Products”
(Zhang et. Al Proceedings of the
2011 Midwest Section Conference
of the American Society
for Engineering Education, 2011)
- Ppt: Can we build a culture of
science through nanotechnology?
By Fabian M. Dayrit (2013)

Describe gene therapy and its Online Class by Science, Group Activity Experiment
Gene therapy (stem Cells) various forms using Google Meet Technology, and Society.by
(Synchronous) Bautista, Burce, Dungo,
Assess the issue’s potential Lecture/ Video Garcia,Imson, Labog, Salazar,
Santos
benefits and detriments to Powerpoint Reflection
15 global health. Presentation and Youtube: Science Friction: Stem
Discussion Cell Research Group Debate
- TEDTalk: Susan Lim on
“Transplant Cells Not Organs” Quiz
- TED Talk: Juan Enriquez on “the Assignment
Next Species of Human”

Mandated Topics: Identify the causes of climate Online Class by Science,Technology, and Society.by Group presentation
1. Climate Change and the change. using Google Meet Bautista, Burce, Dungo, Garcia,Imson, and
Labog, Salazar, Santos
16 Energy Crisis (Synchronous) discussion
2. Environmental Assess the various impacts of YouTube: or Book “An inconvenient Learning
17 Awareness climate change including Lecture/ Video Truth: application: Reflection
Other Topics: economic, geopolitical, Powerpoint/ The Planetary Emergency of Global weather forcasting
Alternative Energy biological, meteorological, Discussion Warming and What we can Do About

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Resources (e.g. O-tec etc. Presentation and It” (Al Gore) Group presentation
Ocean Thermal Energy Discussion - Book: “The Future: Six Drivers of and
Global Change” (Al Gore)
Conversion) Apply STS concepts to the -Report: “ Changing the Atmosphere:
discussion
issue of climate change Anthropology and Climate Change” Learning Quiz
(NCAR) application:
- BUHOS: A Climate Change weather forcasting
Documentary by Loren Legarda
- Article: “ The Tragedy of the
Commons” by
Garrett Hardin
- Article: “Scientists tackle mystery of
thunderstorms that strike at night”
(NCAR)
-Article: “Reigning in the Weather”
(Webster,
Donovan, Discover, 02747529.
Jun2008,
Vol. 29, Issue 6)

Culminating Activity and Research, present, and make

a stand on S&T issues that
currently affect Philippine
Society.
18 Final Exam

VI. REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE:

1.Regular quizzes
2.Midterm Exam
3. Final Exam
4.Final research paper
5. Notebooks
VII. GRADING SYSTEM:

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25 % Quizzes, Recitation
15 % Midterm
25% Group Reports and other Research Papers
15% Final Exam
20% Final Research Paper

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