Winter Quarter 2014 Engineering Special Topics Course: ENGR 202 Engineering for Social Justice

NEW COURSE OFFERING! ENGR 202, WINTER 2014
ENGINEERING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE:
A CRITICAL SEMINAR ON THE POLITICS AND POSSIBILITIES OF ENGINEERING

Join us this Winter quarter for an innovative new seminar! We’ll ask questions like:

• How can engineers work for social justice at the drawing board and in their daily lives?
• Who do we engineer for? Who defines the problems we solve? Whose work is considered engineering?
• Is technology political? Who wins when a dam is built and who loses when an engineer designs a robot?
• Why are women and people of color still so underrepresented in engineering classrooms?

These questions of the social and historical context of our discipline and the values undergirding our work are notably absent from most skill-focused engineering curricula. This seminar is intended to fill this gap by creating a space for engineering students to reflect on our impact on society and to imagine a new kind of engineering for the common good.

The course is open to all levels and all majors, including non-engineers. There are no prerequisites other than a desire to learn about the subject and participate actively in class. Course assignments will include readings, reflections, and conceptual designs. In class activities will be largely discussion based, focusing on weekly readings and the experiences and visions of students.

Want to combine engineering and social justice?

Email Daniel Ullom (ullomd@uw.edu) for an add code or more info!
ENGR 202 A | SLN#: 13947
Grading: 2 Credits | Credit/No Credit
Time: Mondays, 2:30-4:20 pm | Room: MEB 202
Facilitators: Daniel Ullom and Dean Chahim | Faculty Advisor: Susan Bolton More information online at: e4sj.wordpress.com