Technology and Society

The speed of global technological change is transforming contemporary society, impacting the understanding, distribution and advancement of knowledge in all disciplines. Innovative advances in computing, medical, educational and military technology are continually reshaping the cultural and political organization of society. Creative developments in electronic media and the distribution of digital knowledge instantly collapse traditional conceptions of distance. Fundamental changes in the nature of mass communication—from iPhones to PDAs to GPS-enabled vehicles—alter the media environment of why and how and where we communicate with one another.

Digital culture has resulted in a society of connectivity, requiring new and innovative ways of adapting knowledge to the understanding of technology and society today.

Our program

More than ever, an interdisciplinary approach to the questions of technology and society is required in order to keep pace with rapid technological change and an increasingly complex digital future. The Minor in Technology & Society positions students at the University of Victoria on the cutting edge of new and innovative educational responses to the real world of technological change.

Explore this site for information on the requirements of the program.

The program electives are drawn from a series of disciplines across UVic: Art Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Fine Arts, Writing, Health Information Science, English, Gender Studies, Greek and Roman Studies, History, Philosophy, Anthropology, Economics, Environmental Studies, Geography, Political Science, Sociology.

• Be advised that some of the included electives have substantial prerequisites.

Follow instructions for your faculty’s academic advising service to request to declare this program.