ENGR 234 - Sensors through History

Unit(s): 4

This course delivers an introduction to sensors and instruments through the lens of technological innovation and historical significance. It covers technologies from two broad engineering fields, medical diagnostics and communications. Students learn to collect and analyze data, and then use that information to describe the utility of each device. Coverage of technologies centers on the historical context and thinking that informed the initial development and evolution of those technologies. Students examine how scientific breakthroughs are deeply rooted in the wider spheres (such as the political, economic, and cultural) of society and the notion that science is a process of perpetual flux and not merely a static collection of facts.

College of Arts and Sciences