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MRS / WTSC
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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MRS
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WTSC
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Title
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Technological & Social Change
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
6
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
2
[Hours/Week]
Exercise
2
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
0
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
Yes
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
Graphic PNG
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XLS
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Course objectives:
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Too often in the study of history, we focus on politics, armed conflicts, social structures, economics, or art. We often leave out the history of technology and innovations and their social impact. This course is designed to guide students through key technologies and innovations that have had a profound impact on the structure of human society.
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Requirements on student
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-
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Content
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The introductory lecture is dedicated to an overview of key technologies and innovations. From this list (typically more than 100 items), students and I will select the ten topics of most interest and in subsequent classes we will explore each of them in more detail in the form of reports. In the pilot run of this course, we looked in more detail at the following topics:
- The Agricultural Revolution
- Religion and Mythology
- Nuclear technology, nuclear energy and nuclear weapons
- Contraception
- Vaccinations and antibiotics
- Taxes and money
- Terrorism
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Noble, T. (2000). Social Theory and Social Change. London: Palgrave.
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Basic:
Kaufman, D. (1980). System One: An Introduction to Systems Thinking. Houston: Future Systems.
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Basic:
Silver, N. (2012). The Signal and the Noise - Why Most Predictions Fail ? but Some Don't. USA: Penguin Group.
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Basic:
Thomas L. FRIEDMAN. (2007). The world is flat. A brief history of the twenty first century.. Picador New York.
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Basic:
Meadows, D. (2008). Thinking in Systems: A Primer.
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Recommended:
Collins, J. (2001). Good to Great. New York: Harper Business.
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Recommended:
Diamond, J. (1999). Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: Norton.
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Recommended:
Kurzweil, R. (2005). The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. New York: Viking.
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On-line library catalogues
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
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Competences acquired |
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Teaching methods |
- Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
- Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
- Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Assessment methods |
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