LEAP 1500 - Engineering & Identity

Institution:

University of Utah

Subject:

LEAP Program

Description:

This course utilizes nonfiction accounts and fictional narratives in order to investigate cultural realities in the US today. We will examine the current issues of big data interpretation and surveillance capitalism in order to approach questions of equity, specifically concerning the confluence of computer engineering and business practice. We will analyze the tropes of modern superheroes in order to examine the heroes that characterize contemporary American culture and explores questions of equity through analysis and creation.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Discus/recit

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

08/24/2009 - 08/14/2022 

Institution Website:

www.utah.edu

Phone Number:

(801) 581-7200

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

General Education

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