Science, Technology and Society (STS) - THW 1st sem. AY.

2013, 1:00-2:30 Tuesday & Thursday STS is a course offering under UP Dilimans RGEP (Revitalized General Education Program) with the following objectives: - To study and understand how science and technology shapes our society- its culture, values and institutions and how such factors shape science and technology. - To convey the message that science is not a collection of facts but is, at its core, a way of thinking and dealing with the world. - To help the student gain a better understanding of the nature, as well as the cultural and political aspects of mathematics, science and technology. - To convey the message that science and technology is vital across the disciplines. - To help provide the foundation for responsible citizenship, by instilling the values of nationalism, and concern for the

people and the world we live in.

The contents of this CD are pdf files of the notes/powerpoint presentations of all STS lectures this semester. You can use these as guide for your exam review (or aid for remembering the ideas in the lectures you listened to). But please do not circulate or distribute, as most of these are drafts and not yet for the public domain. 01 ANIMATION: THE CONVERGENCE OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY by Arminda Santiago 02 ARE HERBAL MEDICINE SAFE by Dr. Evangeline Amor 03 BUILDING IN A HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENT by Mark Zarco 04 EVERYDAY ERGONOMICS by Aura Matias 05 HOW BIOTECHNOLOGY IS TOUCHING OUR LIVES by Cynthia Palmes-Saloma 06 IDEAS, INVENTIONS AND SOLUTIONS by C.P David 07 MATH, SYMMETRY, AND OUR WORLD by Jose Maria P. Balmaceda 08 NOTHING DARK ABOUT THE MIDDLE AGES, THE MEDIEVAL ORIGINS OF SCIENCE by Benjamin Vallejo, Jr. 09 THE CHEMISTRY OF LOVE by Portia Mahal Sabido 10 THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSCENDENTAL SUBJECT, by Zosimo Lee 11 THE USEFULNESS OF USELESSNESS, MATH IN THE REAL WORLD By Fidel Nemenzo