Impact of Technology on Society (ITS) Elective

As part of every undergraduate engineering program there is a Impact of Technology on Society (ITS) requirement which is required by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board.  The ITS requirement is usually taken in the third or forth year by undergraduate students to study of the implications of new technologies and their impact on the community and the world.

To meet this requirement, students must take one of the following: 

EAS 294   Natural Resources and Environmental Management
ENG M 403  Engineering, Environment, and Society
ENG M 405  Engineering, Business, and Society
HIST 115  Technology and History
HIST 391  History of Technology
INT D 361  Fundamentals of Energy, Environment and Sustainability
PHIL 265  Philosophy of Science    
PHIL 366  Computers and Culture
PHIL 375  Science and Society
STS 200  Introduction to Studies in Science, Technology and Society
SOC 363  Sociology of Work and Industry
SOC 366  People in Industry