ESOC210
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ESOC210 - Digital Pioneers: Innovation & the Open Information Movement
Course ID
038218
Course Description
The course explores the history, development, and evolution of our digital society by examining the early hackers, geeks, innovators and renegade hippie technologists that shaped our current digital reality. In addition, the course introduces students to theories and practices of information sharing including the public domain, information as a common public good, hacking and collaborative innovation, copyleft, open source software, open access publishing, and the creative commons.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Undergraduate
Course Attributes
GE - T2-INDV (Tier 2 Individuals & Societies), GEED - EPSOC (Gen Ed: EP Social Scientist)
Course Requisites
May be convened with
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No