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Technology and the Environment – On Course for Collision?
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:48:16
Abstract
Technology has been both the cause and the solution of many environmental problems. Motor vehicle emissions contribute to climate change. Apps are supposed to help us minimizing our CO2 footprint. This course examines which politics, social relations, economic interests, environmental changes, and forms of engineering have conditioned which types and consequences of technology in modern history.
Objective
Students will discuss primary and secondary sources about the relationship between technology and the environment since the nineteenth century. They will learn to analyze argumentative strategies, divergent perspectives, and consequences and to write precisely and trenchantly about technology and the environment in society.
General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- DS , DR , MSC
Examination
- Type
- graded semester performance
Registration & Places
- Max Places
- 30
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
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| seminar | Technology and the Environment – On Course for Collision? |
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2 h weekly |
Offered In
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GESS Science in Perspective (Only the topics listed in this paragraph can be chosen as GESS Science in Perspective. Further below you will find the "type B courses Reflections about subject specific methods and content" as well as the language courses. 6 ECTS need to be acquired during the BA and 2 ECTS during the MA Students who already took a course within their main study program are NOT allowed to take the course again.)
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Type A: Enhancement of Reflection Competence (Suitable for all students. Students who already took a course within their main study program are NOT allowed to take the course again.)
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Doctoral Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (More Information at: )