UT Dallas 2024 Undergraduate Catalog

IPEC4316 - Technological Development and Society: From Writing to Cryptocurrency

IPEC 4316 Technological Development and Society: From Writing to Cryptocurrency (3 semester credit hours) Through the lens of history, we will learn what drives the creation of new technology and how new technology changes society. While exploring the emergence of writing, modern transportation and agriculture, communication technologies, and media platforms, we will learn the economics behind technological shifts that constitute progress. At the end of the course, students will complete a research project complete with a falsifiable hypothesis, data collection, and data analysis. (3-0) Y