SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY 2

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Subtitle	Science, Technology and the Future of Society
Lecturer(s)	MIKAMI, KOICHI
Credit(s)	2
Academic Year/Semester	2024 Fall
Day/Period	Wed.1
Campus	Yagami
Class Format	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
Registration Number	13290
Faculty/Graduate School	SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Year Level	3, 4
Field	GENERAL EDUCATION
Grade Type	This item will appear when you log in (Keio ID required).
Course Description	It teaches science, technology and society.
K-Number	FST-ST-31543-211-01

Course Administrator	Faculty/Graduate School	FST	SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Course Administrator	Department/Major	ST
Main Course Number	Level	3	Third-year level coursework
	Major Classification	1	General Education Course
	Minor Classification	54	Yagami Courses - Social Sciences
	Subject Type	3	Elective subject
Supplemental Course Information	Class Classification	2	Lecture
	Class Format	1	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
	Language of Instruction	1	Japanese
Academic Discipline		01	Philosophy, art, and related fields

Course Contents/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome

Many countries, including Japan, actively promote various fields of science and technology today. Some such fields, gene editing and artificial intelligence for instance, are expected to bring about dramatic change to the society we live. Yet no one actually knows what kind change they will actually be, and it is possible that they cause serious problems to our life. Therefore, making advances in science and technology inevitably demands being responsible for their consequences.
This course introduces a range of arguments made in a social science discipline called Science and Technology Studies (or STS), and examines the complexity of the relationship between science, technology and society. Responding to the growing expectation for science and technology is important but provided that their advances in the past have also had some negative implications for society, paying serious attention to such a possibility is equally necessary. By looking at some cases, we will evaluate how we should reflect the complex relationship in our effort to advance science and technology.