COMPSCI247S

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Human Flourishing in a Digital Age

Computer Science Dept. A&S - Arts and Sciences

Subject

COMPSCI

Catalog Number

247S

Title

Human Flourishing in a Digital Age

Course Description

The digital age has enhanced human life in many ways: communication is faster, medicine is better, and our knowledge of the world is deeper. But it has also changed the nature of work, society, and our sense of well-being, and raised fundamental questions about the meaning and purpose of human life. This course asks what it means for humans to flourish in a digital age. It considers how new technologies through the centuries have impacted human flourishing, making certain aspects easier and others harder, and perhaps even altering our conception of what flourishing looks like. Our ultimate goal is to ponder together how we should practically live in today's digital age. For sophomores only.

Grading Basis

Graded

Consent (Permission Number)

No Special Consent Required

Min Units

1

Max Units

1

Seminar

Crosslisted Courses

General Education Curriculum Codes

(EI) Ethical Inquiry, (STS) Sci, Tech, and Society, (CZ) Civilizations