Cybersociety (Science 3)
Subject HPSC30001 (2010)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.
| Credit Points: | 12.50 | ||||||||||||
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| Level: | 3 (Undergraduate) | ||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010: Semester 1, Parkville - Taught on campus.
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| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour tutorial/practical session per week Total Time Commitment: An average of 8.5 hours each week. | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | Two second year HPS subjects | ||||||||||||
| Corequisites: | None. | ||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | There is no specific background knowledge required for this subject. | ||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | This subject was formerly available under the codes 103-005, 103-210 and 136-310; it was also available at 3rd year with the code 672-325. Students who have completed 103-005 or 136-210 or 136310 or 672-325 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. | ||||||||||||
| Core Participation Requirements: |
For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website : http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/ |
| Subject Overview: |
In this subject students will engage in a study of high-technology and information systems in a social and cultural context, and will examine critical issues which lie at the intersection of the social and the technical. Topics covered include cybernetics, cyberspace, cyborgs and other "cybers", virtual lives and virtual communities, the information economy, privacy and surveillance, digital convergence, multimedia and hypermedia, and techno-utopian and dystopian visions. Students will participate in theoretical work and "hands-on" experience. Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to critically analyse and evaluate controversial issues relating to information systems in the social context, argue credible positions in relation to these controversies, and be able to identify and draw upon the major theoretical and methodological discourses through which the relationship between information systems and society might be understood. |
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| Objectives: |
Students who successfully complete this subject should
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| Assessment: | An essay of 2000 words on a chosen topic 35% (due at the end of semester), an essay of 2000 words relating your science major to a chosen topic 35% (due at the end of semester), an essay of 1000 words 15% (due in week 4), a seminar presentation of 800 words 10% (due throughout the semester) and contribution to an online discussion 5% (due throughout the semester). |
| Prescribed Texts: | A subject reader will be available for purchase from the University Book Shop. |
| Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
| Generic Skills: |
Students who successfully complete this subject will:
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| Links to further information: | http://www.pasi.unimelb.edu.au/hps/ |
| Notes: | second year see 136-205 (Cybersociety). 136-205 subject is available for 2nd year science credit for students enrolled in the BSc (pre-2008 degree only), or a combined BSc course (except for the BA/BSc). |
| Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: |
History and Philosophy of Science |
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