Science and Technology in the Modern Age
Code: 103985 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2500241 Archaeology | OT | 3 | 0 |
| 2500241 Archaeology | OT | 4 | 0 |
| 2500501 History | OT | 4 | 0 |
Contact
- Name:
- Maria Antonia Martí Escayol
- Email:
- MariaAntonia.Marti@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Prerequisites
None
Objectives and Contextualisation
On completing this subject, students will be able to: interpret and understand the issues involved in science history and use technical and documentation tools to understand science. The purpose of this subject is a) provide an in-depth overview of science and technology during Early Modern times, and b) offer an essential perspective to contextualize and understand the events of the entire history of mankind.
Competences
- Archaeology
- Contextualizing and analysing historical processes.
- Respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
- Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
- History
- Contextualizing the historical processes and analysing them from a critical perspective.
- Respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
- Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
Learning Outcomes
- Identifying the context of the historical processes.
- Identifying the specific methods of History and its relationship with the analysis of particular facts.
- Identifying the specific methods of history and their relationship with the analysis of particular facts.
- Interpreting and analysing documentary sources.
- Interpreting material and documentary sources.
- Interpreting material sources and the archaeological record.
- Mastering the diachronic structure of the past.
- Using specialized knowledge acquired in an interdisciplinary context when debating.
- Using the specific interpretational and technical vocabulary of the discipline.
- Using the specific technical and interpretational vocabulary of the discipline.
Content
Recent historiographical trends
Periodisation
Revolutions and continuities. Astronomy, medicine, natural sciences, alchemy, chemistry, physics.
Scientifics utopias and Science Fiction.
Documentation and technical tools
Methodology
To achieve the established objectives, this subject involves both lectures and practical classes.
- Students must keep abreast of the news and information published on the Virtual Campus / Moodle.
- All activity deadlines are indicated in the subject's schedule and must be strictly adhered to.
- The work students carry out mainly consists of lectures, reading assignments and exercises to be performed in class
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| seminars | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 2, 3 |
| tutorials | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2, 3 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Research and reading | 10 | 0.4 | 8 |
| study | 10 | 0.4 | |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Teory | 30 | 1.2 | 8, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 |
| exercices | 48 | 1.92 | 8, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 |
Assessment
40% Exam First Half Semester
40% Exam Second Half Semester
20% Text reviews
Assessment is continuous. Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing tasks and tests.
At the time of completion/delivery of each assessment activity, the teacher will inform (Moodle, SIA) of the procedure and date of revision of the grades.
Classification as "not assessable": The student will be classified as Non-evaluable when he has not delivered more than 30% of the evaluation activities.
Misconduct in assessment activities: In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
In the written activities, spelling, syntactic or lexical errors are taken into account. The penalty can be between 0.1-0.2 points on the final grade for each mistake made. Repeated errors can discount.
In the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essays | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 8, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 |
| Exam | 40% | 5 | 0.2 | 8, 1, 3, 5, 10 |
| Exam | 40% | 5 | 0.2 | 8, 1, 3, 5, 10 |
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