COURSE SYLLABUS

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

ARTS AND COURSE DESCRIPTION

COLLEGE
SCIENCES The course deals with interactions between science and technology and social, cultural,
political and economic contexts that shape and are shaped by them.
This interdisciplinary course engages students to confront the realities brought
DEPARTMENT NATURAL SCIENCE about by science and technology in society. Such realities pervade the personal, the
public and the global aspects of our living and are integral to human development.
Scientific knowledge and technological development happen in the context of society with
COURSE CODE STAS111 all its socio-political, cultural, economic and philosophical underpinnings at play. This
course seeks to instill reflective knowledge in the students that they are able to live the
good life and display ethical decision making in the face of scientific and technological
SCIENCE, advancement.
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE TECHNOLOGY AND
SOCIETY
COURSE EXPECTED OUTCOMES (CEO)

PREREQUISITE (S) NONE At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

1. Explain how science and technology affect society and the environment and its role
CREDIT UNIT (S) 3 units in nation-building.
2. Critique human flourishing vis-a-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.
3. Creatively present the importance and contributions of science and technology to
CONTACT HOURS Lecture: 3 Hours society.
PER SESSION:

UEO DESCRIPTION CEO1 CEO2 CEO3

Vision-Mission of OLFU; school policies and regulations; grading system;
1
Introduction to the course.
X X
2&3 X X
4 X X
5 X X

6 Preliminary Examination

7 X X

8&9 X X X

10 X X

11 X X X

12 Midterm Examination X X X

13&14

15&16 X X

17 X X

18 Final Examination

COURSE COVERAGE – PRELIMS

TEACHING-LEARNING
ASSESSMENT TASKS (AT)
UNIT EXPECTED OUTCOMES ACTIVITIES (TLA)
WEEK COURSE CONTENT RESOURCES
(UEO) ASSESSMEN
TEACHING LEARNING TOOL
T
 COURSE ORIENTATION: o OLFU VMV o Didactic o Facilitated o Matching o Answer Key o Student Handbook
o PEO, CEO o Deductive Discussion type o Rubrics o Course Syllabus
o To understand the mission- o School policies o Demonstration
o Group o Multiple
vision of OLFU dynamics choice
1 and regulations;
o Discussion of the course o grading system; o Essay
syllabus

o Discuss the interactions o Historical o Didactic o Lecture o Matching o Answer Key o Philosophy of
between S&T and society antecedents in o Deductive o Group activity: type o Rubrics Science
throughout history which social o Demonstration “Standing on o Multiple (Encyclopedia)
considerations the Shoulders choice scientific progress,
changed the course of Giants” o Graded Scientific
of science and recitation Revolutions
technology
o Group o Floridi,
A. In the World: presentatio Luciano.2014, The
Ancient, Fourth Revolution,
n
Middle and Oxford University
Modern Ages Press
B. In the o Caoli, History of
Philippines Science and
Technology of the
Philippines
o Video: Stephen
Colbert’s interview
with Neil Tyson
https://www.you
tube.com/watch
v=YXh9RQCvxmg&no
redirect=1

2&3
o You tube: World’s
Greatest Inventions
(3 minutes)
o Philippine Great
Inventions
o Paul Anderson
article: ‘More is
Different 1976
o https://explorable.c
om/scientific-
reductionism
o https:explorable.co
m/what-is-a-
paradigm
o http://www.history.c
om/topics/enlighten
ment/videos/manki
nd-the-story-of-all-
us-scientific -
revolution
o Kuhn, Structure of
Scientific
Revolution

o Articulate ways by which o Intellectual o Didactic o Discussion o True or o Answer Key o http:www.flowofhist
society is transformed by revolutions that o Deductive o Lecture false o Rubrics ory.com.readings
science and technology defined society o Demonstration o Matching o Flowcharts/revival-
A. Copernican type west/the-age-
B. Darwinian o Fill in the enlightenment
C. Freudian blank o http://hti.osu.ed/sci
D. Meso-
American
o Essay entifc
4
E. Asian o Graded revolution/lesson
Activity plans
F. Middle East
G. African o Graded o PowerPoint
Recitation presentation on the
individual scholars
and great works
 o Discuss the role of o Science and o Didactic o Discussion o True or o Rubric o Government
Science and Technology and o Deductive o Small Group false o Answer Key Documents:1
Technology in Nation Building o Demonstration activity o Matching NEDA, National
Philippine nation
building
o Facilitated type Development

o Evaluate government
A. The discussion o Fill in the Agenda; Regional
Philippine blank Agenda
policies pertaining to government
o Multiple o Filipino Great Men
science and S&T Agenda and Women
technology in terms choice
of their contributions
B. Major
o Essay o Great Filipino
development Inventions
to nation building programs and o Group
5 o Identify actual personalities Project
science and in S&T in the Presentatio
technology policies of Philippines n
the government and C. Science
appraise their impact Education in
on the development the
of the Filipino nation Philippines
D. Selected
indigenous
science and
technologies

6 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

COURSE COVERAGE – MIDTERM

TEACHING-LEARNING
UNIT EXPECTED ASSESSMENT TASKS (AT)
WEEK COURSE CONTENT ACTIVITIES (TLA) RESOURCES
OUTCOMES (UEO)
TEACHING LEARNING ASSESSMENT TOOL
o Analyze the human o The Human Person o Didactic o Lecture o True or false o Answer Key o The Question
condition in order to flourishing in terms o Deductive o Reflection o Matching o Rubrics Concerning
deeply reflect and of science and o Demonstratio o Discussion type Technology by
express philosophical technology n o Fill in the Martin Heidegger
ramifications that are o Technology as a blank o A return to the
meaningful to the student
7
as a part of society
Way of Revealing o Essay Beginning by Daniel
J.McNamara, SJ, in
Stellar Origins,
Human Ways
(2011)

o Critique human o Human flourishing o Didactic o Lecture o Group o Rubrics o Movie Clip (You
8 flourishing vis-à-vis the o Deductive o Discussion presentation o Answer key Tube): The
progress of science and o Demonstratio on how Magician’s Twin:
technology so that the n technology CS Lewis and the
student can define for reveals case against
himself/herself the nature and Scientism
meaning of the good life human o Film: Akiro
person’s Kurosawa’s
role in it Dreams “Village of
the Watermills”
o Forget’developing’
rich countries, it’s
time to ‘de-
develop’rich
countries. By Jason
Hickel
http://www.the
guardian.com/globa
l-development-
professionals-
network/2015/sep/2
3/developing-poor-
countries-de-
develop-rich-
countries-sdgs
Sustainable
Development: An
Evolving Paradigm
for the 21st Century
by Fabian Dayrit in
Stellar Origins,
Human Ways
(2011)
 o The Good Life o Didactic o Lecture o True or false o Rubrics o Book VI and Bk X
o Examine shared o Deductive o Discussion o Matching o Answer key Nichomachean
concerns that make up o Demonstratio type ethics of Aristotle
the good life in order to n o Fill in the o What IS and what
come up with innovative, blank should be the role
creative solutions to
contemporary issues
o Essay of scientific culture
in modern society-
guided by ethical o Case Study:
Richard Feynman
standards Production
in the Pleasure of
and
Finding Things Out:
Consumptio
The Best Short
n of sugars
Works of Richard
Feynman 1999
Perseus Books.
USApp97-115
o The Concepts of
the Public Good: A
View from the
Filipino Philosopher
by Rolando
Gripaldo in the
Making of a Filipino
9 Philosopher and
Other Essays,
2009, National
Bookstore pp 82-
101
o Eudaimonia and
Human Flourishing
in Ethics and
Human Dignity by
Christopher Ryan
MAboloc). Manila,
2010. Rex
Bookstore pp 15-23
o That Sugar Film
(2015)
(documentary) Ppt.:
towards a green
economy: pathways
to sustainable
development and
poverty eradication-
UNEP

10 o Examine human rights in o When technology o Deductive o Lecture o True or false o Answer Key o The ethical
order to uphold such and humanity cross o Didactic o Reflection o Matching o Rubrics dilemmas of
rights in technological o o Demonstratio o Group work type robotics http://news
ethical dilemmas n o Multiple .bbc.co.uk/2/hi/tech
o choice nology/6432307,st
m
o
o IS Google Making
US Stupid? 2008.
Nicholas Carr
o http://www/theatlant
ic.com/magazine/ar
chive/2008/07/Is
google making us
stupid/306868/?
 o Evaluate o Why does the o Deductive o Reflec o Case study: o Answer Key o Why The Future
contemporary human future not o Didactic tion WAZE o Rubrics Doesn’t Need US
experience in order need us?
o Demonstratio o Group o Group (2000)- Bill Joy,
to strengthen and work presentation Chief Scientist and
n
enlighten the human Corporate
person functioning in Executive Officer of
society Sun Microsystems
11 o Section Exam: Find http:www.cc.gatech
and examine local .edu/computing/nan
government policies o/documents
that protect the well- o Movie: “AI”
being of the person in Isaac Asimov, “I
the face of new Robot
technologies

12 MIDTERM EXAMINATION

COURSE COVERAGE – FINAL

TEACHING-LEARNING
UNIT EXPECTED OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT TASKS (AT)
WEEK COURSE CONTENT ACTIVITIES (TLA) RESOURCES
(UEO)
TEACHING LEARNING ASSESSMENT TOOL
o Link learned concepts o The information o Deductive o Lecture o Book Report o Rubric o Book: ”Alan Turing:
to the development of Age (Gutenberg o Didactic o Discussion o Activity o Answer Key The Enigma”(
the information age to Social Media)
and its impact on
o Demonstratio o Presentation Report: A Andrew Hodges
n day without and Douglas
society Technology Hofstadter
o Illustrate how the o
social media and the
o Activity TEDTalk: Julian
Report: Assange on ‘Why
information age have the World Needs
Timing your
impacted our lives Wikileaks”
Technology
o Activity o Activity Report: A
Report: day without
Technology Technology
and Past o Activity Report:
(Interviews Timing your
with elders Technology
13 o Activity Report:
Technology and
Past ( interviews
with elders)
o Nature’s Longest
Threads by Janaki
Balakrishnan and B
V Sreekantan
How we decide by
Jonah Lehrer
Informatio: The new
language of science
( Hans Christian
von Baeyer)
 o Answer Key o Life and
o Rubrics Biodiversity ppt.
o Evolution and
biodiversity
o Ecoscience-
Biodiversity: an
overview
o Article: ‘The politics
of golden
Rice’(Dubock,
Adrian GM Crops &
Food. Jul-Spe2014,
Vol15 Issue 3 p
o Determine the
o Biodiversity and 210-222 13p.)

interrelatedness of society,
the Healthy o Deductive o Artcile: “Ethics in
Society research with
environment and health
o Geneticall
o Didactic Presentation
Graded Vulnerable
14-15 o Discuss the ethics
y Modified o Demonstratio Discussion
recitation Populations and
and implications of GMOs n Debate
Organisms: Emerging
and the potential future Countries: The
Science, Health
impacts Golden Rice Case.
and Politics
“( Duguet, Anne
Marie et.al, Journal
of International Law
and Commercial
Regulations.
Summer 2013,
Vol.38 Issue 4,
p979-1013, 35p)
Agroecology: What
it is and what it has
to offer? Is this the
future of farming?

Discuss the major impacts( The Nano World o Deductive o Discussion o Matching o Rubric o TEDTALK:
both potential and realized) o Didactic o Lecture type o Answer Key RayKurzwell on
of nanotechnology on
o Demonstratio o Presentation o Multiple “How Technology
society choice Will Transform Us”
n
Analyze the issue through
o Essay o Article:
the conceptual STS lenses “NAnoethics: The
Critique the issue on its ethical and Social
costs and benefits to society Implications of
Nanotechnology”(
Patrick Lin and Fritz
Allhoff, Hoboken,
New jersey: John
Wiley and Sons, Inc
2007)
o Article:
“Environmental
Impacts of
16-17 Nanotechnology
and Its Products”(
Zhang et.al
Proceedings of the
2011 Midwest
Section conference
of the American
Society for
Engineering
Education, 2011)
o Ppt: Can we build a
culture of science
through
nanotechnology?
By Fabian M. Dayrit
(2013)

18 FINAL EXAMINATION
 TEXTBOOKS

REFERENCES (BOOKS/ONLINE WEBSITES/JOURNALS)

ALIGNMENT OF TEACHING LEARNING ACTIVITIES (TLA) WITH COURSE EXPECTED OUTCOMES (CEO)
NO TEACHING CEO1 CEO2 CEO3 CEO4 CEO5

1 DIDACTIC - Educator tells the facts, concepts, principles and generalizations X

INDUCTIVE - Educator facilitates; Learner arrives at the facts, principle, truth or
2
generalization X
DIEMONSTRATION - Educator facilitates; Learners are tasked to synthesize
3
thoughts to perceive something not known before
X
REFLECTIVE - educator facilitates; learners continually learn from their own
4 experiences by considering alternative interpretations of situations, generating and X
evaluating goals, and examining experiences
NO LEARNING CEO1 CEO2 CEO3 CEO4 CEO5

1 LECTURE - Communicating information to audience X X X X

2 DISCUSSION - encouraging application of learning materials and soliciting feedback X X X X

3 GROUP DYNAMICS X X

ASSESSMENT TASK (AT) AND TOOLS WITH COURSE EXPECTED OUTCOMES (CEO)
NO ASSESSMENT TASK (AT) CEO1 CEO2 CEO3 CEO4 CEO5

1 MATCHING TYPE x x x x X
2 MULTIPLE CHOICE x X
3 ESSAY x X
NO TOOL CEO1 CEO2 CEO3 CEO4 CEO5

1 ANSWER KEY x x x x X
2 RUBRIC x x x x X
 ASSESSMENT WEIGHTING: HOMEWORK, WRITTEN REPORTS AND PAPERS

Homework and Assignment

(Number for the entire semester, submission mode and weight)
Particulars:

Each student is required to submit a written report by the end of the prelim period and midterm
Written Reports and Project Paper
period. And by the end of the final period, a project paper is an academic requirement which is
Particulars:
equivalent to 50% of his final period grade. (this is just an example)

GRADING SYSTEM
The final grade of the student is interpreted as shown on the table below:

AVERAGE ABOVE 98.00 95.00 – 97.00 94.00 83.00 – 85.00 80.00-82.00 76.00-79.00 75.00 74.00 and below

FINAL GRADE 1.00 1.25 1.50 2.25 2.50 2.75 3.00 5.0
FDA (Failure due to Absences) UW (Unauthorized Withdrawal) INC (Incomplete)
AW (authorized withdrawal NFE (No Final Examination
Prelims (20%) Midterms (20%) Finals (25%) Quizzes(25%) Research (5%) Attendance(5%)

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION

OTHER COURSE POLICIES To be discussed with the class during the first meeting for the term
All exercises and requirements for the course are to be complied by the students as part of
STUDENTS COURSE PORTFOLIO their portfolio and must be made available for inspection by the instructor before the end of
the semester
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION ENGLISH

Per Section 1551 of CHED’s Manual of Regulation for Private Educational Institution, a
student who has incurred absences more than twenty percent (20%) of the total number of
ATTENDANCE
school days shall not be given credit to the course regardless of class standing. For further
provisions of the said policy, please refer to the OLFU Student Handbook.

Name of Faculty: Ms. Zandra D. Tolentino-Salut ( zandratolentino@yahoo.com); (Monday:

COURSE CONSULTATION SCHEDULE
9:00 to 11:00 AM)
COURSE REVIEW AND ENHANCEMENT Chair: Mr. Melanio S. Nipas,Jr.( Val), Members: Ms. Theresa D. Domingo(QC),Dr. Lucila B.
MEMBERS Diesta (Antipolo), Ms. Kristine Mariel Tamanio ( Pampanga)

PREPARED BY: ENDORSED BY: APPROVED BY:

Ms. Zandra D. Tolentino-Salut Mrs. Bernardita T. Gacutan Dr. Ramonita Salazar

Faculty, Natural Science Department Coordinator, Natural Science Department Campus Administrator-QC
Date ____________ Date ____________ Date ______________