HOLY CROSS OF DAVAO COLLEGE

Sta. Ana Avenue, Davao City

General Education Program

1st Semester, SY 2020 - 2021

COURSE SYLLABUS
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY

I – COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course deals with interactions between science and technology and social, cultural, political, and
economic contexts that shape and are shaped by them. 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 global aspects of our living and are integral to human development. Scientific knowledge and
technological development happen in the context of society with all its socio-political cultural, economic, and
philosophical underpinning 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
achievement

II – STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, the students are expected 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

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III – COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE AND CLASS SCHEDULE

TIMEFRAME CONTENT/ TOPIC TASK / ACTIVITY ONLINE TOOL

PRELIMS

General Concepts and

Historical Developments

Week 1 1. SLOGAN MAKING *Google Drawing &

Introduction to Science,
Technology, and Society 2.REFLECTION TASK Google Meet
3.REFLECTION PAPER
*Google Docs

Week 2 1.Development of Science * Google Slides &

Historical Antecedents of and Technology in the
Science and Technology Google Meet
Philippines

Week 3 REFLECTION PAPER *Google Docs

Intellectual Revolutions and
Society

Week 4 1.Major Contributions of *Google Slides &

Science and Technology and Filipino Scientists/Inventors Google Meet
Nation Building
(assigned)

2.POSITION PAPER * Google Docs/PDF

 MIDTERMS

Science, Technology, and

Society and the Human
Condition

Week 5 1. Diagnostics Google slides

Technology as a Way of
Revealing 2.Reflection on Heidegger’s
article Google docs
3. Article Reading PDF
Google docs

Week 6 1.Diagnostics:Examining a Google slides/Google

Human Flourishing in Progress Picture docs
and De-development
PDF/Google docs
2.Reading Comprehension Youtube/Google docs
Task

3. Documentary Film
Analysis
Week 7 1.Pre test Google docs
The Good Life
2.Reading Comprehension PDF/Google docs
Youtube/Google
slides
3.Documentary Film
Analysis

Week 8 1.Reading Comprehension PDF/Google docs

When Technology and Task
Humanity Cross PDF/Google docs
2.Reading Enrichment Task

PRE-FINALS
Week 9 1.Diagnostics Google docs
Why the Future Does Not Need
Us ? 2.Metacognitive Reading PDF/Google meet
Report
Youtube
3. Film Viewing: Artificial
Google docs
Intelligence

Specific Issues in science,

Technology, and Society

Week 10 1.Documentary Film youtube/Google docs

Information Age Viewing and Reflection
Google meeting
2.Debate
youtube/Google docs
3. Metacognitive Reading
Report

Week 11 Google docs

Biodiversity and a Healthy 1.Diagnostics
Society
2.Film Viewing
Youtube
3. Reading Report

PDF/Google docs
Week 12 1.Designing a GMO Google drawing/
Genetically Modified Organisms
(GMOs) 2.Enrichment task Google docs
3.Article Reading Google docs
PDF/Google docs
FINALS
 Week 13 1.Diagnostics Google docs
Gene Therapy
2.Article Reading PDF/Google docs
PDF/Google docs
3.Metacognitive Reading
Report

Week 14 1.Diagnostics Google docs

Nanotechnology
2.Flash Card Making Google docs/Google
drawing
Google docs
3.A Nano Safe World

Week 15 Climate Change and 1.Diagnostics Google slides/Google

Environmental Awareness docs
Youtube/Google docs
2.Documentary Film
Viewing

Week 16 Climate Change and 3.Essay Making :Film Youtube/Google docs

Environmental Awareness Viewing
4.The Filipino Student on
Youtube
Climate Change

IV – REFERENCES

Required Sources:

1. Caoli, Olivia. “A History of Science and Technology of the Philippines,” in Analysis of

Conditions for National Scientific and Technological Self-Reliance: The Philippine Situation,
Quezon City: University of the Philippines, 1986.
2. Heidegger, Martin. The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays, HarperCollins,
1982.
3. Hickel, Jason. “Forget ‘developing’ poor countries, it’s time to ‘de-develop’ rich countries,”
TheGuardian,Online:http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-
network/2015/sep/23/developing-poor-countries-de-develop-richcountries-sdgs.
 4. Maboloc, Christopher Ryan. “Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing” in Ethics and Human
Dignity, 15-23, Rex Bookstore, 2010.
5. McNamara, D. J., Beleno, Ramon III, Valverde, V. M. (2018). Science, Technology, and Society,
C & E Publishing, Inc.
6. Quinto, Edward Jay M.,Nieve, Aileen D. (2019). Science, Technology, and Society,C & E
Publishing, Inc.

Suggested Readings:

1. Alan Turing: The Enigma” (Andrew Hodges and Douglas Hofstadter)

2. Aristotle, Nichomachean ethics, Book VI and Book X
3. 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)
4. Government Documents: 1. NEDA. National Development Agenda; Regional Agenda o
http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/GAA/GAA2015/GAA%202015%20Volume
%20I/NEDA/NEDA.pdf
http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/OPCCB/OPIF_2007/neda3.pdf

Website/Videos/Film Clips
1. http://www.history.com/topics/enlightenment/videos/mankind-the-story-of -all-of-us-
scientific-revolution
2. http://www.flowofhistory.com.readings
3. http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-
network/2015/sep/23/developing-poor-countries-de-develop-richcountries-sdgs
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6432307, stm, The ethical dilemmas of robotics
5. http://www/theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/Is google making us
stupid/306868/, Is Google Making Us Stupid? 2008. Nicholas Carr
6. http://www.cc.gatech.edu/computing/nano/documents, Why The Future Doesn’t Need
Us (2000) – Bill Joy, Chief Scientist and Corporate Executive Officer of Sun Microsystems
7. Movie: “A I”
8. Movie Clip (youtube): The Magician’s Twin: CS Lewis and the case against Scientism
9. Martin Heidegger, The Question Concerning Technology
10. TEDTalk: Julian Assange on “Why the World Needs Wikileaks”