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Course Title: Science, Technology, and Society

Course Code/ Number: GE-STS
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Revision Effectivity Date Details of Origination/ Revision Author/ Subject Matter Expert
Level
000 August 2021 Designed for remote learning Al-yusri S. Aller
001 August 2022 Designed for flexible learning delivery Al-yusri S. Aller
002 September 2023 Designed for synchronous instruction aligned with CMO no 13 Al-yusri S. Aller
2020

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An internationally recognized university that provides relevant and innovative education and research for lifelong learning and sustainable
PSU VISION
development.
Palawan State University is committed to upgrade people’s quality of life by providing education opportunities through excellent instruction,
PSU MISSION
research and innovation, extension, production services, and transnational collaborations.
E – Excellence in service; Q – Quality assurance; U- Unity in diversity; A- Advocacy for sustainable development; L – Leadership by example;
PSU Shared Values
I – Innovation; T – Transparency; Y – Youth empowerment
The Palawan State University graduates are expected to be agents of change, creative and critical thinkers, effective communicators,
Institutional Outcomes
research-oriented learners, and value laden individuals.
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College Goals and
Program Objectives The program aims to:
1. Assume supervisory and/or managerial responsibilities within the organization;
2. Pursue graduates’ studies in business and management; and
3. Manage a business.

Course Title Science, Technology & Society

Course Code/ Number GE-STS
Course Description This interdisciplinary course engages students to confront the realities brought 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 all its socio-political, cultural, economic, and philosophical underpinnings at
play. This course seeks to instill reflective knowledge in the students that they can live the good life and display ethical decision making in the
face of scientific and technological advancement
Credit Units 3 units
Course Prerequisites None
Link to Program Outcome
Program Outcome
Course Outcome
a b c d e
1. Articulate the impacts of science and technology P P P P P
on society, especially on Philippine society
2. Explain how science and technology affect P P P P P
society and the environment and its role in
nation-building.
3. Analyze the human condition in order to deeply D D D D D
reflect and express philosophical ramifications
that are meaningful to the student as a part of
society
4. Define and demonstrate the impact of social D D D D D
media on the students’ life and Philippine
society in general
5. Imbibe the importance of science and P P P P P
technology in the preservation of the
environment and the development of the Filipino
nation.
6. Critique human flourishing vis-à-vis the progress P P P P P
of science and technology such that the student
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may be able to define for himself/herself the
meaning of the good life.
7. Foster the value of a healthy lifestyle toward the P P P P P
holistic and sustainable development of society
and the environment.
8. Creatively present the importance and P P P P P
contributions of science and technology to
society.
9. Illustrate how the social media and information P P P P P
age impact their lives and their understanding of
climate change

Legend ( for program outcomes):

I- Introduced concepts/ principle P- Practiced with supervision D- Demonstrated across different settings with minimal supervision

LEARNING PLAN
Course
Time Desired Learning Outcome Teaching and Assessment Textbooks/
Course Outcome Content/Subject Resource Materials
Frame DLOs Learning Activities Task References
Matter/Topic
1. Demonstrate understanding The students will
Week of the PSU vision, mission, A. PSU Vision and recite and explain Student
Recitation PSU Handbook
1 and unit goals and Mission the PSU Vision and Manual
objectives Mission
Week CO 1 1. Discuss the interactions GENERAL CONCEPTS Lecture and Quiz (40 points) Textbooks Prieto, Nelia
1-3 between S&T and society AND STS HISTORICAL discussion Slide Presentation G. et. al.
(6 CO 2 throughout history DEVELOPMENT Activity: Graded Science,
hours) recitation Technology,
2. Discuss how scientific and A. Historical (20 points) & Society
technological antecedents in (2019)
developments affect which social “Standing on the Group
society and the considerations shoulders of Giants” presentation
environment changed the course (40 points)
of science and
3. Identify the paradigm technology 15 Creativity
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 In the World: 15 Content

shifts in history Ancient, Middle and
Modern Ages in the 10 Learning
Philippines Impact
Quiz (50 points)
GENERAL CONCEPTS
Prieto, Nelia
AND STS HISTORICAL
Week 1. Articulate ways by which Graded Activity G. et. al.
DEVELOPMENT Lecture and
4 society is transformed by (30 points) Textbooks Science,
CO 3 Discussion
(3 science and technology Slide presentation Technology,
B. Intellectual
hours) Graded & Society
revolutions that
recitation (2019)
defined society
(20 points)
1. Discuss the role of Science
and Technology in GENERAL CONCEPTS
 Government
Philippine nation building AND STS HISTORICAL
Documents: 1.
2. Evaluate government DEVELOPMENT
NEDA. National
policies pertaining to Prieto, Nelia
CO 1 Development
Week science and technology in C. Science and G. et. al.
Group Project Agenda; Regional
5-6 terms of their contributions technology and Small Group Activity Science,
CO 2 presentation Agenda
(6 to nation building nation building Discussion Technology,
 Filipino Great Men
hours) 3. Identify actual science and D. Science Education & Society
CO 5 and Women
technology policies of the in the Philippines (2019)
 Great Filipino
government and appraise E. Indigenous Science
Inventions
their impact on the and Technology in
development of the Filipino the Philippines
nation
Week CO 6 1. Analyze the human STS AND HUMAN Reflection, Graded The Question Prieto, Nelia
7 condition in order to deeply CONDITION Discussion Reflection Concerning G. et. al.
(3 reflect and express Technology by Martin Science,
hours) philosophical ramifications A. The Human Person Heidegger Technology,
that are meaningful to the flourishing in terms of & Society
student as a part of society Science and A Return to the (2019)
Technology Beginning by Daniel J.
B. Human flourishing McNamara, SJ, in
Stellar Origins, Human
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Ways (2011)

 Movie Clip
(YouTube): The
Magician’s Twin:
CS Lewis and the
case against
Scientism
 Film: Akiro
Kurosawa’s
Dreams “Village of
the Watermills”
 Forget ‘developing’
rich countries, it’s
time to ‘de-develop’
rich countries. By
Jason Hickel
 Examine shared concerns Prieto, Nelia
Case Study:
Week that make up the good life in STS AND HUMAN That Sugar Film (2015) G. et. al.
CO 6 Production and
8-9 order to come up with CONDITION Lecture and (documentary) Science,
Consumption of
(4 innovative, creative solutions Discussion Technology,
CO 7 sugars
hours) to contemporary issues C. The Goof Life & Society
guided by ethical standards (2019)
Week
9
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
(2
hours)
The ethical dilemmas
Prieto, Nelia
1. Examine human rights in STS AND HUMAN of robotics
Week Reflection and G. et. al.
order to uphold such rights CONDITION
10 Graded Written Is Google making us Science,
CO 6 in technological ethical
(3 Discussion Report Technology,
dilemmas D. When technology and stupid? 2008 Nicholas
hours) & Society
humanity cross Carr (2019)
Week CO3 1. Evaluate contemporary STS AND HUMAN Reflection and Graded Written Why the future doesn’t Prieto, Nelia
11-12 human experience in order CONDITION Report G. et. al.
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need us (2000) Bill Joy,
Chief Scientist and
Corporate Officer Science,
to strengthen and enlighten
Discussion Technology,
CO6 the human person E. Why the future does
Movie: A.I. & Society
functioning in society not need us
(2019)
Isaac Asimov: “I Robot”

Week CO 4 1. Link learned concepts to the SPECIFIC ISSUES IN Presentation and Graded Written Book: Alan Turing: The Prieto, Nelia
13 development of the STS Discussion Report Enigma (Andrew G. et. al.
CO 8 information age and its Hodges and Douglas Science,
impact on society A. The Information Age Technology,
Hofstadter)
CO 9 & Society
2. Illustrate how the social Tedtalk: Julian (2019)
media and the information
Assange on “Why the
age have impacted our lives
World Needs
Wikileaks”

Activity Report: A day

without Technology

Activity Report: Timing

your Technology

Activity Report:
Technology and Past
(interviews with elders)

Nature’s Longest
Threads by Janaki
Balakrishnan and BV
Sreekantan

How we decide by
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Jonah Lehrer

Information: The new

language of science
(Hans Christian von
Baeyer)

Philippine Science and

Technology: Economic,
Political and Social
Events Shaping Their
Development (Socorro
M. Rodriguez, 1996)

Germ Catcher (David J.

Ecker, Scientific
American, 2014)

Physics of the Future:

How science will shape
human destiny and our
daily lives by the year
2100 (Michio Kaku,
Doubleday, 2011)
Week CO 2  Determine the SPECIFIC ISSUES IN Presentation and Graded Written Life and Biodiversity Prieto, Nelia
14-15 interrelatedness of society, STS Report ppt. G. et. al.
CO 7 environment, and health Discussion Science,
B. Biodiversity and the Advocacy Evolution and Technology,
 Discuss the ethics and Healthy Society campaign biodiversity & Society
implications of GMOs and (2019)
potential future impacts Ecoscience-
Biodiversity: An
overview
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Article: The Politics of
Golden Rice (Dubock,
Adrian GM Crops &
Food. Jul-Sep 2014,
Vol 5 Issue 3 pp 210-
222

Article: Ethics in
Research with
Vulnerable Populations
and Emerging
Countries: The Golden
Rice Case. (Duguet,
Anne Marie t al.
Journal of International
Law and Commercial
Regulations. Summer
2013, Vol 38 Issue 4 pp
979-1013)

Agro-ecology: What it
is and what it has to
offer? Is this the future
of farming

Week CO 8  Discuss the major impacts SPECIFIC ISSUES IN Presentation and Graded Written TEDtalk: Ray Kurzwell Prieto, Nelia
16 (both potential and realized} STS Discussion Report on “How Technology G. et. al.
of nanotechnology on Will Transform us” Science,
society C. The Nano World Technology,
 Analyze the issue through Article: Nanoethics: & Society
the conceptual STS lenses The ethical and social (2019)
 Critique the issue on its
implications of
costs and benefits to society
nanotechnology
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(Patrick Lin and Fritz
Allhoff, Hoboken, New
Jersey: John Wiley and
Sons Inc. 2007)

Article: Environmental
Impacts of
Nanotechnology and its
Products (Zhang et al
Proceedings of the
2011 Midwest Section
Conference of the
American Society for
Engineering Education,
2011)

Ppt: Can we build a

culture of science
through
nanotechnology? By
Fabian M. Dayrit, 2013)

Week CO 6S 1. Describe gene therapy and SPECIFIC ISSUES IN Presentation and Graded Written Youtube: Science Prieto, Nelia
17-18 its various forms STS Report Friction: Stem Cell G. et. al.
2. Assess the issue’s potential Discussion Research Science,
benefits and detriments to D. Gene Therapy Technology,
global health Tedtalk: Susan Lim on & Society
“Transplant Cells not (2019)
Organs”

Tedtalk: Juan
Enriquez on The
Next Species of
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Humans”
Week
18
FINAL EXAMINATION/PERFORMANCE TASK
(2
hours)

Course References Prieto, Nelia G. et. al., 2019, Science, Technology & Society, Lorimar Publishing Inc.
Grading System Course Requirements

Quizzes 20%
Performance Task 20%
Class participation 10%
Midterm Examination 20%
Final Examination 30%
Total 100%

Grading System (Memo Order No. 0.49, s. 2020)

Computation of grades will be based from the Memorandum no. 8, s. 2023 and PSU BOR Resolution no. 238-13, s. 2023.
Course Policy 1. Be prompt - be ready to learn when class begins.
2. Be prepared - have materials (i.e. textbook) with you for lecture class.
3. Be polite and positive participant- speak politely to each other and listen attentively; do not disrupt others while they are working.
4. Be productive- turn in your work on time and always do your best.
5. Class attendance is mandatory- when the student made 7 consecutive unexcused absences, he/she shall be dropped from the
course.
6. Students are expected to take quizzes, activities, and examinations at the scheduled time.
7. There will be no make-up for missed quizzes and examination unless circumstances beyond the students control prevent participation
at the scheduled time.
8. A grade of zero will be recorded for missed activities stated above.
9. Students should submit an excuse slip/letter once they get absent. An excused letter signed by the Program Adviser and Campus
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Director should be presented before a make-up test will be given to students who were absent during the time it was given.
10. Deduction of points will be given for every late submission of course requirements. The corresponding deduction shall be agreed
upon by the class at the start of the semester and/or upon teacher’s discretion.
11. Students are expected to behave properly during lecture classes. Otherwise, they will be asked to leave the classroom.
12. Students are supposed to be in their proper school uniform on designated days.
13. Make-up test will only be given to those students who have a reasonable excuse for getting absent.
14. Late projects/requirements may be accepted but there will be a corresponding deduction in the grade.

Supplementary Materials  Anderson, Philip W. “More is Different—One More Time,” in More is Different: Fifty Years of Condensed Matter Physics, ed. N. Phuan Ong
and Ravin N. Bhatt, Princeton University Press, 2001.
 Balakrishnan, Janaki and B V Sreekantan, eds. Nature’s Longest Threads: New Frontiers in the Mathematics and Physics of Information in
Biology, World Scientific, 2014.
 Caoli, Olivia. “A History of Science and Technology of the Philippines,” in Analysis of Conditions for National Scientific and Technological
Self-Reliance: The Philippine Situation, Quezon City: University of the Philippines, 1986.
 Dayrit, Fabian. “Sustainable Development: An Evolving Paradigm for the 21st Century,” in Stellar Origins, Human Ways: Readings in
Science, Technology, and Society, ed. Ma. Assunta Cuyegkeng, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2011.
 Ecker, David J. Germ Catcher, Scientific American, 2014.
 Floridi, Luciano. The Fourth Revolution: How the Infosphere is Reshaping Human Reality, Oxford University Press, 2014.
 Feynman, Richard. “The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: What Is and What should be the role of scientific culture in modern society” in The
Best Short Works of Richard Feynman, pp. 97–115, Perseus Books,1999.
 Gripaldo, Rolando. “The Concepts of the Public Good: A View from the Filipino Philosopher” in The Making of a Filipino Philosopher and
Other Essays, pp. 82-100, National Bookstore, 2009.
 Heidegger, Martin. The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays, HarperCollins, 1982.
 Hickel, Jason. “Forget ‘developing’ poor countries, it’s time to ‘de-develop’ rich countries,” The Guardian, Online:
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/sep/23/developing-poor-countries-de-develop-rich-countries-
sdgs.
 Lehrer, Jonah. How We Decide, Mariner Books, 2010.
 Maboloc, Christopher Ryan. “Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing” in Ethics and Human Dignity, 15-23, Rex Bookstore, 2010.
 McNamara, Daniel J. in “A Return to the Beginning,” in Stellar Origins, Human Ways: Readings in Science, Technology, and Society, ed. Ma.
Assunta Cuyegkeng, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2011.
 Rodriguez, Socorro M. “Philippine Science and Technology: Economic, Political and Social Events Shaping Their Development,” 1996
Von Baeyer, Hans Christian, Information: The New Language of Science, Harvard University Press, 2005.
Suggested Reading  Agro-ecology: What it is and what it has to offer? Is this the future of farming?
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 Alan Turing: The Enigma” (Andrew Hodges and Douglas Hofstadter)

 Aristotle, Nichomachean ethics, Book VI and Book X
 Article: “Environmental Impacts of Nanotechnology and Its Products” (Zhang et. Al Proceedings of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of
the American Society for Engineering Education, 2011)
 Article: “Nanoethics: The ethical and Social Implications of Nanotechnology” (Patrick Lin and Fritz Allhoff, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley
and Sons, Inc. 2007)
 Flowcharts/revival-west/the-age-enlightenment
o http://www.flowofhistory.com/readings-flowcharts/revival-west/the-age-enlightenment/fc97
o http://www.flowofhistory.com/readings-flowcharts/revival-west/the-age-enlightenment/fc98
o http://www.flowofhistory.com/readings-flowcharts/revival-west/the-age-enlightenment/fc99
o http://www.flowofhistory.com/readings-flowcharts/revival-west/the-age-enlightenment/fc100
o http://www.flowofhistory.com/readings-flowcharts/revival-west/the-age-enlightenment/fc100a
o http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/west/15/FC101
o http://www.flowofhistory.com/%5Bmenupathalias%5D/fc102
o http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/west/15/FC103
 Government Documents: 1. NEDA. National Development Agenda; Regional Agenda
o http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/GAA/GAA2015/GAA%202015%20Volume%20I/NEDA/NEDA.pdf
o http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/OPCCB/OPIF_2007/neda3.pdf
 Kuhn, Structure of Scientific Revolution
(http://projektintegracija.pravo.hr/_download/repository/Kuhn_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions.pdf)
 Philosophy of Science (Encyclopedia). Scientific Progress, Scientific Revolutions
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-progress/#SciPro) (http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Philosophy_of_science.aspx#3)
(http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Scientific_Revolutions.aspx#3)
 Physics of the Future: How science will shape human destiny and our daily lives by the year 2100 (Michio Kaku, Doubleday, 2011)
Article: “The politics of Golden Rice” (Dubock, Adrian GM Crops & Food. Jul-Sep2014, Vol5 Issue 3 p 210-222 13p.)
Websites/Videos/Films  Dayrit, Fabian M. Ppt: Can we build a culture of science through nanotechnology? (2013)
Clips  Film: Akiro Kurosawa’s Dreams “Village of the Watermills”
 http://www.history.com/topics/enlightenment/videos/mankind-the-story-of -all-of-us-scientific-revolution
 http://www.flowofhistory.com.readings
 http://hti.osu.ed/scientific revolution/lesson plans
 http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/sep/23/developing-poor-countries-de-develop-rich-countries-
sdgs
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6432307, stm, The ethical dilemmas of robotics
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 http://www/theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/Is google making us stupid/306868/, Is Google Making Us Stupid? 2008. Nicholas Carr
 http://www.cc.gatech.edu/computing/nano/documents, Why The Future Doesn’t Need Us (2000) – Bill Joy, Chief Scientist and Corporate
Executive Officer of Sun Microsystems
 https://explorable.com/scientific-reductionism
 https://explorable.com/what-is-a-paradigm
 Movie: “A I” Isaac Asimov, “I Robot
 Movie Clip (youtube): The Magician’s Twin: CS Lewis and the case against Scientism
 Martin Heidegger, The Question Concerning Technology
 UNEP, That Sugar Film (2015) (documentary) Ppt: towards a green economy: pathways to sustainable development and poverty eradication
 Video: Stephen Colbert’s interview with Neil Tyson https://www.youtube.com/watchv=YXh9RQCvxmg&noredirect=1
 Youtube: World’s Greatest Inventions (3 minutes)
 Youtube: Science Friction: Stem Cell Research
 TED Talk: Juan Enriquez on “The Next Species of Human”
 TEDTalk: Julian Assange on “Why the World Needs Wikileaks”
 TED Talk: Ray Kurzwell on “How Technology Will Transform Us”
 TEDTalk: Susan Lim on “Transplant Cells Not Organs”
Consultation Period 1:00-4:00/MTh (Faculty Office)