COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name Code Semester T+A+L (hour/week) Type (C / O) Local Credit ECTS
Globalization, Technology, and Life Management GE 212 Spring 03+00+00 Elective 3 5
Academic Unit: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Prerequisites: None
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Course Unit: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: - -
Course Objectives: This course aims at understanding the relationship between globalization and technology and what impact this relationship has brought to modern life. Globalization helps technology leapfrog traditional national boundaries to become more profitable, while technology allows making business more global. We will discuss the Evolution of Human Interactions, Values, and Management Practices. How to develop technology-based solutions to current problems? We will also examine innovation, competition, and cooperation, from basic research to the product.
Course Contents: • What is globalization? • Globalization and developing countries. • How does globalization affect the technology? • How globalization affects our daily life? • Culture, ethics, corporate social responsibility & sustainability. • Technology and policy. • Technology (innovation) and life management.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO):
  • 1- Understand the impact that globalization has on our lives.
  • 2- Gain an interdisciplinary perspective to analyze the economic and social consequences of technological development.
  • 3- Recognize opportunities for innovation and to begin to think differently, both professionally and in their personal lives.
  • 4- Synthesize the analytic approaches for managing technology globally.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: Interactive: Student focused


WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS

WeekSubjectsRelated Preperation
1 What is Globalization? The current state of Globalization.
2 Globalization and the Developing Countries.
3 How does globalization affect the technology?
4 How globalization and technology change business?
5 How globalization affects our daily life? Globalization and You.
6 How globalization affects our daily life? Globalization and You.
7 Differences in Culture
8 Differences in Culture
9 Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability
10 Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability
11 Technology and Policy
12 Technology and Policy
13 Technology and Life Management
14 Technology and Life Management


REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING

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OTHER COURSE RESOURCES



ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Semester RequirementsNumberPercentage of Grade (%)
Project 3 100
Total: 3 100


WORKLOAD

EventsCountDuration (Hours)Total Workload (hour)
Course Hours14342
Practice / Exercise14228
Homework Assigments3824
Preparation for Presentation / Jury3618
Extra-Class Activities (reading,individiual work, etc.)14114
Total Workload (hour):126


THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)

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