Jan 30, 2026  
2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

HCA 417 - Technology, Ethics, and Society


(3 units)

Prerequisites: Upper division standing; GE Foundations; Score of 11 or higher on the GWAR Placement Examination or completion of the necessary portfolio course that is a prerequisite for a GWAR Writing Intensive course. Open to BS in Applied Data Science majors only. (Note: The preceding prerequisite statement related to GWAR is temporarily suspended effective Summer 2025.)
A framework for understanding the ways in which human societies transform themselves through technological innovation. Ethical questions concerning the social effects of technological change.

Letter grade only (A-F).