HTY 491: Technology & Society Until 1800
Instructor: Professor Howard Segal
Days/Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-10:45 p.m.
Course Number: 65664
Location: North Stevens Hall 119
Course Description: Examines the development of technology from earliest times through the English Industrial Revolution, both ‘internally’, as tools and machines, and ‘externally’, as related to the societies that have produced them and upon which they in turn have had impact.
Prerequisites: Three credits in history or instructor permission
General Education Requirements: This course satisfies the Western Cultural Tradition requirement