printer friendly pageOSPOXFRD 62: Digital Technology in the UK (Technical Version)
Includes all of the sessions and requirements of the seminar Digital Technology in the UK, with an additional hour per week of meeting time focused on more technical readings from British computing pioneers. Please note that students can take this seminar or
OSPOXFRD 63, but not both
Terms: Win
| Units: 4-5
OSPOXFRD 63: Digital Technology in the UK
A seminar focused on the British experience with computer and informational network technologies, and their social context and impacts. The course covers the development of computing from Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace, to Alan Turing, to the present. The emphasis will be on broader social lessons and applications beyond the UK, including the role of gender and cultural norms in shaping the experience of technology's contributors, and uses of digital technology in democratic institutions. Please note that students can take this seminar or
OSPOXFRD 62, but not both
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
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