New Lectures in History (300-0-32)

Topic

History and Theory of Information

Instructors

Daniel Sepinuck Immerwahr
847/491-7418
Harris Hall - Room 225

Aaron David Shaw

Meeting Info

Tech Institute Lecture Room 4: Tues, Thurs 2:00PM - 3:20PM

Overview of class

We live in an information age, with computers of unprecedented power in our
pockets. This course seeks to understand how information shapes our lives today, and how it has in the past. It does so via an interdisciplinary inquiry into four
technological infrastructures of information and communication—print, wires,
airwaves, and bits.

Learning Objectives

Understand the nature and history of information flows and technologies

Evaluation Method

Exams, papers, quizzes

Class Notes

Concentration: Americas, European

Class Attributes

Historical Studies Foundational Discipline
Historical Studies Distro Area

Associated Classes

DIS - Frances Searle Building 2107: Thurs 4:00PM - 4:50PM

DIS - Frances Searle Building 2378: Thurs 4:00PM - 4:50PM

DIS - Parkes Hall 213: Fri 12:00PM - 12:50PM

DIS - Parkes Hall 213: Fri 1:00PM - 1:50PM

DIS - Frances Searle Building 2378: Fri 10:00AM - 10:50AM