MIME 308. Social Impact of Technology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Critical examination of the socio-economic costs and benefits of technology, case studies of old engineering works and new technologies. The integration of applied ethics and engineering practice, analysis of basic concepts of technology assessment, the inter-connected processes of risk assessment, management, and communication.
- (3-0-6)
- Enrolment encouraged by students outside the Faculty of Engineering