COURSE GUIDE
Course: Science Technology and Society Semester: 2nd School Year: 2024-2025
Class Schedule: BS BA 1ABCD Instructor: JENNY ROSE UY KRUSE, Ph.D.
MW 7:30am – 12:00nn
TTh 7:30am – 9am
Course Description
Interdisciplinary examination on how science and technology shape societies, culture, and
environment and how in turn these factors shape the development of science and technology
integrated with the whole complexity of climate change and DRRM.
Course Outline
SCHEDULE TOPIC
[Link] Concepts and STS Historical Developments
I.1 Historical antecedents in which social considerations changed the course of
science and technology
Week 1-3
a. In the World: Ancient,
Middle and Modern Ages
b. In the Philippines
1.2 Intellectual revolutions that defined society
a. Copernican
b. Darwinian
c. Freudian
Week 4 d. Information
e. Meso-American
f. Asian
g. Middle East
h. African
1.3 Science and Technology and Nation Building
a. The Philippine Government S&T Agenda
Week 5-7 b. Major development programs and personalities in S&T in the Philippines
c. Science Education in the Philippines
d. Selected indigenous science and technologies
2. STS and the Human Condition
2.1 The Human Person flourishing in terms of science and technology
Week 8-9 2.2Technology as a Way of Revealing
2.3 Human flourishing
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Week 10 2.4 The Good Life
2.5 When technology and humanity cross
Week 11
2.6 Why the future doesn’t need us?
Week 12-13
3. Specific Issues in STS
Week 14
3.1 The information Age (Gutenberg to Social media)
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3.2 Biodiversity and the Healthy Society
Week 15 3.3 Genetically Modified Organisms: Science, Health, and Politics
3.4 The Nano World
Week 16
3.5 Gene therapy (stem Cells)
Week 17
3.6 Climate Change and the Energy Crisis
Week 18 3.7 Environmental Awareness
FINAL EXAMINATION
Course Requirements
Course Learning Outcomes Required Output
1. Explain, articulate, and imbibe how Portfolio containing:
science and technology affect Philippine Reaction/reflection papers
society, its environment and its role in Case studies
nation-building. PPT presentations (printed)
2. Analyze the human condition in order to Documentary reviews
deeply reflect and express philosophical Book reviews
ramifications that are meaningful to the Survey reports
student as a part of society Assessment results
3. Define, demonstrate, and illustrate the Major exam results
impact of social media on the students’
life and their understanding of climate
change in the Philippine society in
general.
4. Critique/Examine human flourishing vis-
à-vis the progress of science and
technology such that the student may be
able to define for
himself/herself the meaning of the good
life in order to come up with innovative
and creative solutions to contemporary
issues guided by ethical standards
5. Foster the value of a healthy lifestyle
toward the holistic and sustainable
development of society and the
environment.
Course Policies Grading System
1. To ensure successful completion of this 1. There will be 2 rating periods: Mid-term and
course, students are expected to arrive for class Finals.
on time and to remain in class until the end of 2. The grades for each rating period shall be
the class session. computed as:
2. All students are expected to behave with 60% - Class standing
academic honesty. It is not academically honest 40% - Major Examination
to misrepresent another person's work as your Grade for the corresponding rating period
own, to take credit for someone else's words or
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ideas, to obtain advanced information on
confidential test materials, or to act in a way that 3. Average Grade= (Mid-term Grade + Final
might harm another student's chances for Grade)/2
academic success. These students will
automatically have a grade of 5.0 after three (3) 4. To get the scores to percentage.
offenses of academic dishonesty. Formula : # of checked / # of items x 40 + 55 = %
3. Assignments should be submitted on the set
deadline. Late assignments will be deducted
accordingly.
4. All students are expected to take Major
Exams (Mid-term/Finals) on the specified day.
In general, no make-up test or re-test will be
given except when circumstances warrant but
with valid supporting documents presented.
5. Group activities will be part of the class
participation. Students should participate
actively or get involved in group dynamics and
other group assignments.
6. All students are expected to attend classes in
the prescribed uniform.
7. Other policies will be based on the student
handbook.
References
Anderson, Philip W. “More is Different—One More Time,” in More is Different: Fifty Years
of Condensed Matter Physics, ed. N. Phuan Ong and Ravin N. Bhatt, Princeton University
Press, 2001.
Balakrishnan, Janaki and B V Sreekantan, eds. Nature’s Longest Threads: New Frontiers
in the Mathematics and Physics of Information in Biology, World Scientific, 2014.
Caoli, Olivia. “A History of Science and Technology of the Philippines,” in Analysis of
Conditions for National Scientific and Technological Self-Reliance: The Philippine
Situation, Quezon City: University of the Philippines, 1986.
Dayrit, Fabian. “Sustainable Development: An Evolving Paradigm for the 21st Century,” in
Stellar Origins, Human Ways: Readings in Science, Technology, and Society, ed.
Ma. Assunta Cuyegkeng, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2011.
Ecker, David J. Germ Catcher, Scientific American, 2014.
Floridi, Luciano. The Fourth Revolution: How the Infosphere is Reshaping Human Reality,
Oxford University Press, 2014.
Feynman, Richard. “The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: What Is and What should be the
role of scientific culture in modern society” in The Best Short Works of Richard Feynman,
pp. 97–115, Perseus Books,1999.
Gripaldo, Rolando. “The Concepts of the Public Good: A View from the Filipino
Philosopher” in The Making of a Filipino Philosopher and Other Essays, pp. 82-100,
National Bookstore, 2009.
Heidegger, Martin. The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays,
HarperCollins, 1982.
Hickel, Jason. “Forget ‘developing’ poor countries, it’s time to ‘de-develop’ rich countries,”
The Guardian, Online: [Link]
network/2015/sep/23/developing-poor-countries-de-develop-rich-countries-sdgs.
Lehrer, Jonah. How We Decide, Mariner Books, 2010.
Maboloc, Christopher Ryan. “Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing” in Ethics and Human
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Dignity, 15-23, Rex Bookstore, 2010.
McNamara, Daniel J. in “A Return to the Beginning,” in Stellar Origins, Human Ways:
Readings in Science, Technology, and Society, ed. Ma. Assunta Cuyegkeng,
Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2011.
Rodriguez, Socorro M. “Philippine Science and Technology: Economic, Political and Social
Events Shaping Their Development,” 1996
Von Baeyer, Hans Christian, Information: The New Language of Science, Harvard
University Press, 2005.
Consultation Schedule/ Instructor’s Contact Number
Consultation Schedule : Friday 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Contact Number : 09295835448
Email Address : ruy042877@[Link]
Facebook Name : Jenny Rose Kruse
Prepared by: Approved:
JENNY ROSE UY KRUSE, Ph.D. Dr. FILIPINA C. CARATAY
NAME OF INSTRUCTOR NAME OF PROGRAM HEAD
APPENDICES
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[1] Rubrics for Output 1 SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION
Criteria 3 points 2 points 1 point 0 point
Content/ Content/ Content/ No
Content – concept is very concept is concept is not concept
(3X) appropriate appropriate appropriate /
With sufficient Content/ No content/ content
concept used used
content/ concept not
concept used sufficient
Cooperation and Student/s Student/s Student/s Student
showed no /s did
participation showed apt showed less cooperation and
(2X) cooperation cooperation and un-
not
and participation participativeness particip
ate
participation
Score
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[2] Rubrics for Output 2 Case Study
Criteria 3 points 2 points 1 point 0 point
Identify/define the Clearly Identified Failed to No
main problem and/or identified the contributing identify the answer
main issue root problem, factors but did root problem
(3X) and provided not recognize and did not
the root cause indicate any
clear insight
casual
into the casual factors
factors
Determining the Clearly and Identified some Did not No
relevant information completely of the relevant identified answer
to address the determined the information that relevant
problem/issue relevant would assist in information
information resolving the that would
(1X)
needed to issue assist in
address the resolving
problem the issue
Generate hypotheses Developed at least Developed Failed to No
and construct sound three (3) discrete, alternative COAs, develop answer
and coherent viable course of but failed to discrete,
arguments related to action/s (COAs), respond fully to alternative
the solving of the and build solid the root issue/s or courses of
case problem/s arguments to problem/s action
(2X) support their
statements
Testing hypotheses Develop a Developed an Failed to No
and making counter clear, concise argument that develop answer
arguments argument and supported one a viable
(2X) fully compared or more COAs argumen
the alternative but didn’t make t or
COAs a compelling compare
argument alternati
ve
COAs
Evaluating the Fully evaluated Offered an Did not No
results and the results and evaluation of evaluate the answer
recommended made a cogent the results but results nor
course/s of action argument for didn’t choose a make any
(COA) the selected viable COA that viable
(3X) COA would resolve counter
the problem argument
Score
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[3] Rubrics for Output 3 Survey Report
Criteria 3 points 2 points 1 point 0 point
Content/ Content/ Content/ No
Content – concept is very concept is concept is not concept
(3X) appropriate appropriate appropriate /
With sufficient Content/ No content/ content
concept used used
content/ concept not
concept used sufficient
Presentation of Data of the Data of the Data of the No data
Report survey are survey is survey is present
(2X) applicably presented but presented ed
presented and not fully but not
explained explained explained
Authenticity of the Data Data presented Data No data
Data presented are are not presented present
supported with supported with are without ed
valid valid documents
documents documents to support
Score
(4) Rubrics for Output 4 PPT Presentation
Criteria 3 points 2 points 1 point 0 point
Content/ concept Content/ Content/ No
is very concept is concept is not concept
Content – appropriate appropriate appropriate /
(3X) With sufficient Content/ No content/ content
concept used used
content/ concept concept not
used sufficient
Slides are With prepared With No
artistically slides prepared slides
Visual prepared Slides are slides prepar
Presentation – Slides are with comprehensible Slides are ed
(2X) Comprehensible but textual not
and summarized contents not comprehens
textual contents summarized ible and
contains un-
summarized
text
Score
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