SOUTHERN MINDANAO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, INC.

NATIONAL HIGHWAY, BARANGAY BUENAFLOR

City of Tacurong

COURSE SYLLABUS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

 SOUTHERN MINDANAO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Brgy. Buenflor National Highway
Tacurong City

I. SMIT VISION & MISSION

VISION

Southern Mindanao Institute of Technology, Inc. (SMIT), is a learner-centered institution committed to quality education.

MISSION

Southern Mindanao Institute of Technology, Inc. (SMIT), commits to provide the community with competent, ethical research
– oriented graduates through:

A. Efficient and effective faculty and staff;

B. Adequate and appropriate instructional facilities;
C. Innovative and responsive teaching strategies;

II. Course Number:

GE 7

III. Course Title:

Science, Technology and Society

IV. Course Credit:

3

V. Course Pre-requisite:
N/A
VI. Placement in the curriculum:
2nd Semester, Second year.

VII. Course Requirements

Library Research, examination, quizzes, attendance, assignments, activity, reporting.

VIII. 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. (CMO No.20, series of 2013)
This interdisciplinary course engages students to confront the realities brought about the 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 all its socio-political, cultural, economic, and philosophical underpinnings at play. This course
seeks to in still 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.

XI. Course Learning Outcomes

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 affects society and the environment and its role in nation-building.
3. Analyse 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 student’s life and Philippine society in general
Values
1. Enable 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 students may be able to define for himself/herself
the meaning of 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. Illustrates how the social media and information age impact their lives and their understanding of climate change
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Brgy. Buenflor National Highway
Tacurong City
Week Topics/Subject Matter Learning Outcomes Teaching Learning Strategies Assessment of
Number Learning
Online Non-Online
 Introduction to the -Acquire general knowledge of Presentation of -Discussion on CP Quiz Via Google Form
Course the course work requirements Online Platform Guidelines
and grading system
 Class Policies -Discussion on
Week 1
-Demonstrate correctly the Google Classroom
 Requirements steps in application of Google a. Worksheets
Classroom b. Quizzes
- Introduction to the subject c. Research
 Grading System

-Discuss the interactions Presentation of -Video clips Quiz Via Google Form
between S&T and society Online Platform
 Historical throughout history -Discussion on
antecedents in which Google Classroom
Week 2
social considerations -Discuss how scientific and a. Worksheets
changed the course technological developments b. Quizzes Via Messenger
of science and affects society and the c. Researches (Optional)
technology environment
a.In the world:
Ancient ,Middle,and -Identify the paradigm shifts in
Modern Ages history
b.In the Philippines
 Presentation of -Discussion on CP Quiz Via Google F
2. Intellectual revolutions that Online Platform Guidelines
defined society
- Articulate ways by -Discussion on
Week 3
which society is Google Classroom
a. Copernican transformed by science a. Worksheets
b. Darwinian and technology b. Quizzes
c. Freudian c. Research
d. Information
e. Meso-American
f. Asian
g. Middle East
h. African
Presentation of -Discussion on CP Quiz Via Google Form
3.Science and Technology and Online Platform Guidelines
Nation building - Discuss the role of
science and technology -Discussion on
Week 4
a. The Philippine in Philippine nation Google Classroom
Government S&T building. a. Worksheets Prelim Exam
Agenda b. Quizzes
c. Research

Presentation of -Discussion on CP Quiz Via Google Form

Online Platform Guidelines
b. Major development -Evaluate government policies
programs and pertaining to science and -Discussion on
Week 5
personalities in A&T technology in terms of their Google Classroom
in the Philippines contributions to nation building a. Worksheets
b. Quizzes
c. Research
c. Science Education in _ Identify actual science
the Philippines
 d. Selected
Indigeneous science
and technologies

Presentation of -Discussion on CP Quiz Via Google Form

The Human Person -Analyze the human condition Online Platform Guidelines
Flourishing in terms of in order to deeply reflect and
science and technology express philosophical -Discussion on
Week 6
ramifications that are Google Classroom
meaningful to the student as a a. Worksheets
- Technology as a way of part of society b. Quizzes
revealing c. Research
Presentation of -Discussion on CP Quiz Via Google Form
-Critique human flourishing vis- Online Platform Guidelines
a vis the progress of science
Human Flourishing and technology so that the -Discussion on
Week 7
student can define for Google Classroom
himself/herself the meaning of a. Worksheets
b. Quizzes
c. Research
Presentation of -Discussion on CP Quiz Via Google Form
The Good Life -Examine shared concerns that Online Platform Guidelines
make up the good life in order
to come up with innovative , -Discussion on
Week 8
creative solutions to Google Classroom
contemporary issues guided by a. Worksheets
ethical standards b. Quizzes
c. Research Midterm Exam
 Presentation of -Discussion on CP Quiz Via Google Form
When technology and -Examine human rights in Online Platform Guidelines
humanity cross order to uphold such rights in
technological ethical dilemmas -Discussion on
Week 9
Google Classroom
a. Worksheets
b. Quizzes
c. Research
Presentation of -Discussion on CP Quiz Via Google Form
Why does the future not -Evaluate contemporary Online Platform Guidelines
need us? human experience in order to
strengthen and enlighten -Discussion on
Week 10
The human person functioning Google Classroom
in society a. Worksheets
b. Quizzes
c. Research
Presentation of -Discussion on CP Quiz Via Google Form
*The Information Age -Link learned concepts to the Online Platform Guidelines
(Gutenberg to Social development of the information
media) age and its impact on society -Discussion on
Week 11
Google Classroom
-Illustrate how the social media a. Worksheets
and information age have b. Quizzes
impacted our society c. Research
Presentation of -Discussion on CP Quiz Via Google Form
Biodiversity and the Healthy -Determine the Online Platform Guidelines
Society interrelatedness of society,
environment and health -Discussion on
Week 12
Genetically Modified Google Classroom Semi- Final Exam
Organisms: Science, Health -Discuss the ethics and a. Worksheets
and Politics implications of GMO’s and b. Quizzes
potential future c. Research
 Presentation of -Discussion on CP Quiz Via Google Form
The Nano world Online Platform Guidelines
-Discuss the major impacts
(both potential and realize) of -Discussion on
Week 13
nanotechnology on society Google Classroom
a. Worksheets
-Analyze the issue through the b. Quizzes
conceptual STS lenses c. Research

-Critique the issue on its costs

and benefits to society
Presentation of -Discussion on CP Quiz Via Google Form
-Describe gene therapy and its Online Platform Guidelines
Gene therapy (stem cells) various forms
-Discussion on
Week 14
-assess the issue’s potential Google Classroom
benefits and detriments to a. Worksheets
b. Quizzes
c. Research
Presentation of -Discussion on CP Quiz Via Google Form
Mandated Topics: -Identify the cause of climate Online Platform Guidelines
change
1.Climate change and the -Assess the various impacts of -Discussion on
Week 15
energy crisis climate change including Google Classroom
2. Environmental economic , geopolitical, a. Worksheets
Awareness biological, meteorological, etc b. Quizzes
Other Topics:
Alternative Energy
Resources (e.g. O-tech
Ocean Thermal Energy
Conversion
 Activity and Final Exam Presentation of -Discussion on CP Quiz Via Google Form
Research, present and Online Platform Guidelines
make a stand on S&T
issues that currently affect -Discussion on
Week 16
Philippine society Google Classroom Final Exam
a. Worksheets
b. Quizzes
c. Research

Textbook: Science, Technology and Society

Prepared by: Ishmael P. Padua

Instructor