VAST 249 - What Can Be Automated

Institution:

Lafayette College

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Description:

Whatever damage the "Y2K bug" actually wrought, the widespread anxiety about it revealed society's heavy dependence on automated systems. This course explores the achievements and the limits of computerized control. Students read novels and stories that satirize excessive automation; critique current efforts to automate human functions such as medical care, education, and creative writing; and examine the increasingly fuzzy boundary between real and virtual life.Van Dyke

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lafayette.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 330-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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