PASSI CITY COLLEGE

City of Passi, Iloilo

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINOLOGY

OBE SYLLABUS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
FIRST SEMESTER, A.Y. 2020-2021
Date Enhanced: September 16, 2020
I. College Vision:
Passi City College- a Center of Academic Excellence for Sustainable Development and Social Transformation.
II. Mission:
Passi City College committed to produce globally competent graduates who are well-equipped with relevant, scientific, academic, and
technological knowledge, skills and values which enable them to become productive citizens and collaborators for social change.
III. Goals:
1. Provide undergraduate education and training which meet the standard quality, excellence, and responsible to regional, national, and
international development needs.
2. Broaden the access of deserving and qualified Filipinos to higher opportunities.
3. Enhance the dissemination of knowledge and skills through research, professional and technological instruction and provide extension services.
IV. Program Outcome:
1. Conduct criminological research on crimes, crime causation, victims, and offenders to include deviant behavior;
2. Internalize the concepts of human rights and victim welfare;
3. Demonstrate competence and broad understanding in law enforcement administration, public safety and criminal justice;
4. Utilize criminalistics or forensic science in the investigation and detection of crime;
5. Apply the principles and jurisprudence of criminal law, evidence and criminal procedure;
6. Ensure offenders’ welfare and development for their re-integration to the community.
V. Preliminaries
Course Number: GE 8
Course Title: Science, Technology and Society
Course Credit: 3 units
Course Description:

This course deals with interactions between science and technology and social, cultural, political and economic contexts that shape and
are shaped by them. (CMO No. 20, series of 2013) this interdisciplinary course engages students to confront the realities brought about by science
and technology in society. Such realities pervade the context of society with all its socio-political, cultural, economic and philosophical
underpinnings at play. This course seeks to instill reflective knowledge in the students that they are able to live the good life and display ethical
decision making in the face of scientific and technological advancement. This course includes mandatory topics on climate change and
environmental awareness.

Learning Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the students should be able to:
KNOWLEDGE
1. Articulate the impacts of science and technology on society, specifically Philippine society.
2. Explain how science and technology affect society and the environment and its role in nation-building.
3. Analyze the human condition in order to deeply reflect and express philosophical ramifications that are meaningful to the students as part
of the society.
4. Define and demonstrate the impact of social media on the students’ life and Philippine society in general.
VALUES
1. Imbibe the importance of science and technology in the preservation of the environment and the development of the Filipino nation.
2. Critique human flourishing vis-à-vis the progress of science and technology such that the student may be able to define for himself/herself
the meaning of the good life.
3. Foster the value of a healthy lifestyle toward the holistic and sustainable development of society and the environment.
SKILLS
1. Creatively present the importance and contributions of science and technology to society.
2. Examine shared concerns that make up the good life in order to come up with innovative and creative solutions to contemporary issues
guided by ethical standards.
3. Illustrate how the social media and information age impact their lives and their understanding of climate change.
VI. Course Outline and Timeframe

WEEKS TOPICS
UNIT 1: GENERAL CONCEPTS AND SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
1 1.1 Features of Science, Technology and Society
2-3 1.1 Historical antecedents in which social considerations changed the course of science and technology
4 1.2 Intellectual revolutions that defined society
5-6 1.3 Science and Technology and nation building
UNIT II: STS AND THE HUMAN CONDITION
7-8 2.1 The Human Person flourishing in terms of science and technology
9 2.2 The Good Life
10 2.3 When technology and humanity cross
11-12 2.4 Why the future does not need us
UNIT III: SPECIFIC ISSUES IN STS
13 3.1 The Information Age
14-15 3.2 Biodiversity and the healthy society
16 3.3 The nano world
17 3.4 Gene Therapy
18 3.5 Climate change

Number of Hours: 3 hours every week for 18 weeks or 54 hours in a semester.

VI. COURSE DISGN/ MATRIX

Desired Learning Course Content/ Student Learning Assessment Time

Content Delivery Technology Tools References
Outcomes Topic Activities of Learning Frame
UNIT I: GENERAL CONCEPTS AND HISTORICAL EVENTS IN STS
At the end of the 1.1 Features of
chapter, the Science, Self-directed Synchronous  Google Forms Online 6 weeks Philosophy of Science
students must have: Technology and learning learning: coursework/ (Encyclopedia) Scientific Progress,
Society.  Modular,  Discussion  Online media activity Scientific Revolutions
a. Described the supplemented forums or text- links Floridi, Luciano. 2014. The Fourth
Revolution, Oxford University
features of Science, 1.2 Historical with online based chats. (YouTube) Quiz via
Press
Technology and Antecedents in the learning  Virtual chatting Google form
Caoli. History of Science and
Society and how Course of Science, materials and  Google Technology of the Philippines.
they are related with Technology and conferencing. Classroom Video: Stephen Colbert’s
each other. Society Distant learning  Multimedia interview with Neil Tyson
via online presentations.  Facebook and https://www.youtube.com/watch
b. Discussed the platforms Messenger v=YXh9RQCvxmg&noredirect=1
interactions between a. In the World:  Google Asynchronous Youtube: World’s Greatest
science, technology Ancient, Classroom learning: Inventions (3 minutes)
and society Middle and  Google Meet  Content
http://flowofhistory.com.readings
throughout history; Modern Ages  Facebook production (word
Flowcharts/revival-west/the-
b. In the Group Page processing,
ageenlightenment 
Philippines  Facebook spreadsheets, http://hti.osu.ed/scientific
c. Discussed how Messenger PowerPoint, etc.) revolution/lesson plans 
scientific and 1.3 Intellectual  Multimedia Powerpoint presentation on the
technological revolutions that presentations. individual scholars and great
developments affect defined society. works.
society; a. Copernican
b. Darwinian Government Documents: 1.
d. Identify the c. Freudian NEDA. National Development
paradigm shifts of d. Information Agenda; Regional Agenda 
science and e. Meso Filipino Great Men and Women 
technology in American Great Filipino Inventions
history; f. Asian
g. Middle East
e. Discussed how the h. African
ideas postulated by
Copernicus, Darwin
and Freud 1.4 Science and
contributed to the Technology and
spark of scientific Nation Building
revolution; a. The Philippine
Government
f. Analyze how science and
scientific is done I technology
various parts of the agenda
world. b. Major
development
g. Discuss the role of programs and
Science and personalities
Technology in in science and
Philippine nation technology in
building; the
Philippines
h. Evaluate c. Science
government policies Education in
pertaining to science the
and technology in Philippines
terms of their d. Selected
contributions to indigenous
nation building; science and
technologies
i. Identify actual
science and
technology policies
of the government
and appraise their
impact on the
development of the
Filipino nation;

i. Identify science
schools established
to promote science
education in the
Philippines

UNIT II: STS AND THE HUMAN CONDITION

At the end of the
chapter, the 2.1 The Human Self-directed Synchronous  Google Forms Online 6 weeks The Question Concerning
students must have: Person Flourishing in learning learning: activity Technology by
a. Identify different terms of science and  Modular,  Discussion  Online media sheets Martin Heidegger
conceptions of technology supplemented forums or text- links
human flourishing; with online based chats. (YouTube) Quiz via A Return to the Beginning by
2.2 Technology as a learning  Virtual chatting Google form Daniel J.
b. Determine the
Way of Revealing materials and  Google McNamara, SJ, in Stellar Origins,
development of the Human Ways (2011)
conferencing. Classroom
scientific method
Distant learning  Multimedia Movie Clip (YouTube): The
and validity of
science;
2.3 Human via online presentations.  Facebook and Magician’s Twin:
Flourishing platforms Messenger CS Lewis and the case against
c. Critique human  Google Asynchronous Scientism
flourishing vis-à-vis 2.4 The Good Life Classroom learning:
the progress of  Google Meet  Content
science and 2.5 When Technology  Facebook production (word Forget ‘developing’ rich countries,
technology so that and Humanity Group Page processing, it’s time to
the student can Cross  Facebook spreadsheets, ‘de-develop’ rich countries. By
define for Messenger PowerPoint, etc.) Jason Hickel
himself/herself the 2.6 Why does the  Multimedia http://www.theguardian.com/glo
meaning of the good future not need baldevelopment-professionals-
presentations.
life; network/2015/sep/23/developing
us?
-poor- countries
d. Explain the
concept of human
condition before
science technology;

e. Name ways on
how technology
aided in revealing
the truth about the
human being;

f. Identify how
humans attempt to
attain what is
deemed to be a good
life;

g. Recognize
possibilities available
to human being to
attain the good life;

h. Discussed the
effects of the
interplay between
technology and
humanity through
the dilemma/s they
face
 UNIT III: SPECIFIC ISSUES IN STS
At the end of the
chapter, the 3.1 The Information Self-directed Synchronous  Google Forms Online 6 weeks • Philippine Science and
students must have: Age and the Role of learning learning:  Online media activity Technology:
a. Discuss the history
Language  Modular,  Discussion links sheets Economic, Political and Social
supplemented forums or text- Events Shaping Their
of Information Age; (YouTube)
3.2 Technological with online based chats. Quiz via Development (Socorro M.
World learning  Virtual chatting  Google Google form Rodriguez, 1996)
b. Identify everyday Classroom • Germ Catcher (David J. Ecker,
tasks and evaluate materials and
Scientific American, 2014)
whether they
3.3 Biodiversity and Distant learning conferencing.  Facebook and
• Physics of the Future: How
contribute to the
the Health Society via online  Multimedia Messenger
science will shape human
wellness and health platforms presentations. destiny and our daily lives by
of biodiversity and
3.4 Biotechnology  Google Asynchronous the year 2100 (Michio Kaku,
and GMO’s: Science, Classroom learning: Doubleday,
society or not;
Health and Politics  Google Meet  Content 2011)
c. Create a diagram  Facebook production (word
3.5 The Nano World Group Page processing,
that would show
relatedness of  Facebook spreadsheets,
3.6 The Aspects of Messenger PowerPoint, etc.)
species in forming up
a diverse and
Gene Therapy  Multimedia
healthy society presentations.
3.7 Climate Change
without
compromising one
3.8 Environmental
another;
Awareness
d. Identify issues and
impact GMO’s in the
Philippine context;
e. Explain the status
of the use of
nanotechnology in
the Philippines;

f. Describe gene
therapy and its
various forms;

g. Identify the causes

of the climate
change;

h. Illustrate how the

community helps in
mitigating the
hazards caused by
climate change

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY COURSE MAP

 G.E. LEARNING OUTCOMES SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
A. INTELLECTUAL COMPETENCIES (Knowledge)
1. Analyze “texts” (written, visual, oral , etc.) critically L
2. Demonstrate proficient and effective communication (writing, speaking, and use of new technologies) L
3. Use basic concepts across the domains of knowledge L
4. Demonstrate critical, analytical, and creative thinking L
5. Apply different analytical modes in problem solving L
B. PERSONAL AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES (Values)
1. Appreciate the complexity of the human condition O
2. Interpret the human experience from various perspectives O
3. Examine the contemporary world from both Philippine and global perspectives O
4. Take responsibility for knowing and being Filipino O
5. Reflect critically on shared concerns O
6. Generate innovative practices and solutions guided by ethical standards O
7. Make decisions based on moral norms and imperatives O
8. Appreciate various art forms
9. Contribute to aesthetics O
10.Contribute personally and meaningfully to the country’s development O
C. PRACTICAL SKILLS (Skills)
1. Work effectively in a group O
2. Apply computing tools to process information effectively L
3. Use current technology to assist and facilitate learning and research L
4. Negotiate the world of technology responsibly P
5. Create solutions to problems in various fields P
6. Manage one’s knowledge, skills, and values for responsible and productive living O
7. Organize one’s self for lifelong learning O
LEGEND:
L= Learned
P= Practiced
O= Opportunity to learn

VII. RATING SYSTEM

Students are expected to read the course module as instructed based on the timeframe, complete memorandum reports on time, and take the examinations.
There will be one prelim examination, one midterm examination and one final examination regarding the specified course topics. Evaluative requirements further
include assignments, written activities and performance tasks. Supplemental readings on environmental issues will be from current articles and selected essays.
All scores on exams, assignments, written activities and performance tasks will be based on an objective point system or rubrics. The final grade for each term will
be determined by the following grading criteria:
GRADE DISTRIBUTION FOR THE MIDTERM
TERM/PERIODIC EXAM 40%
MODULE GRADE 60%
100%
MODULE GRADE = QUIZZES (20%) + ACTIVITIES/ REQUIREMENTS (30%) + ATTENDANCE (10%)
FINALS TENTATIVE GRADE (OLD RATING SYSTEM IF FACE TO FACE IS ALLOWED)
MAJOR EXAMS 30%
LONG TEST/ CHAPTER QUIZZES 20%
OUTPUT 20%
PROJECT/ PERFORMANCE TASKS 20%
ATTENDANCE 10%
100%
NOTE: SAME GRADE DISTRIBUTION WILL BE APPLIED WITH THAT OF THE MIDTERM IF RESTRICTION PERSISTS
FINAL/SEM GRADE
TENTATIVE FINALS (70%) + MIDTERM (30%)

VIII. REFERENCES
 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY Required Readings and Other Materials

• Anderson, Philip W. “More is Different—One More Time,” in More is Different: Fifty Years of Condensed Matter Physics, ed. N. Phuan Ong and Ravin N. Bhatt,
Princeton University Press, 2001.
• Balakrishnan, Janaki and B V Sreekantan, eds. Nature’s Longest Threads: New Frontiers in the Mathematics and Physics of Information in Biology, World
Scientific, 2014.
• Caoli, Olivia. “A History of Science and Technology of the Philippines,” in Analysis of Conditions for National Scientific and Technological Self-Reliance: The
Philippine Situation, Quezon City: University of the Philippines, 1986.
• Dayrit, Fabian. “Sustainable Development: An Evolving Paradigm for the 21 st Century,” in Stellar Origins, Human Ways: Readings in Science, Technology, and
Society, ed. Ma. Assunta Cuyegkeng, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2011.
• Ecker, David J. Germ Catcher, Scientific American, 2014.
• Floridi, Luciano. The Fourth Revolution: How the Infosphere is Reshaping Human Reality, Oxford University Press, 2014.
• Feynman, Richard. “The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: What Is and What should be the role of scientific culture in modern society” in The Best Short Works of
Richard Feynman, pp. 97–115, Perseus Books,1999.
• Gripaldo, Rolando. “The Concepts of the Public Good: A View from the Filipino Philosopher” in The Making of a Filipino Philosopher and Other Essays, pp. 82-
100, National Bookstore, 2009.
• Heidegger, Martin. The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays, HarperCollins, 1982.
• Hickel, Jason. “Forget ‘developing’ poor countries, it’s time to ‘de-develop’ rich countries,” The Guardian, Online: http://www.theguardian.com/global-
development-professionals-network/2015/sep/23/developing-poor-countries-de-develop-richcountries-sdgs.
• Lehrer, Jonah. How We Decide, Mariner Books, 2010.
• Maboloc, Christopher Ryan. “Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing” in Ethics and Human Dignity, 15-23, Rex Bookstore, 2010.
• McNamara, Daniel J. in “A Return to the Beginning,” in Stellar Origins, Human Ways: Readings in Science, Technology, and Society, ed. Ma. Assunta Cuyegkeng,
Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2011.
• Rodriguez, Socorro M. “Philippine Science and Technology: Economic, Political and Social Events Shaping Their Development,” 1996
• Von Baeyer, Hans Christian, Information: The New Language of Science, Harvard University Press, 2005.

IX. SUGGESTED READING:

 Suggested Readings

• Agro-ecology: What it is and what it has to offer? Is this the future of farming?
• Alan Turing: The Enigma” (Andrew Hodges and Douglas Hofstadter)
• Aristotle, Nichomachean ethics, Book VI and Book X
• Article: “Environmental Impacts of Nanotechnology and Its Products” (Zhang et. Al Proceedings of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of the American
Society for Engineering Education, 2011)
• Article: “Nanoethics: The ethical and Social Implications of Nanotechnology” (Patrick Lin and Fritz Allhoff, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2007)
• Flowcharts/revival-west/the-age-enlightenment
o http://www.flowofhistory.com/readings-flowcharts/revival-west/the-age-enlightenment/fc97 http://www.flowofhistory.com/readings-
flowcharts/revival-west/the-age-enlightenment/fc98 http://www.flowofhistory.com/readings-flowcharts/revival-west/the-age-
enlightenment/fc99 http://www.flowofhistory.com/readings-flowcharts/revival-west/the-age-enlightenment/fc100
http://www.flowofhistory.com/readings-flowcharts/revival-west/the-age-enlightenment/fc100a
http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/west/15/FC101 http://www.flowofhistory.com/%5Bmenupathalias%5D/fc102
http://www.flowofhistory.com/units/west/15/FC103
• Government Documents: 1. NEDA. National Development Agenda; Regional Agenda
o http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/GAA/GAA2015/GAA%202015%20Volume%20I/NEDA/NEDA.pdf
http://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/OPCCB/OPIF_2007/neda3.pdf
• Kuhn, Structure of Scientific Revolution
(http://projektintegracija.pravo.hr/_download/repository/Kuhn_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions.pdf)
• Philosophy of Science (Encyclopedia). Scientific Progress, Scientific Revolutions (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientificprogress/#SciPro)
(http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Philosophy_of_science.aspx#3)
(http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Scientific_Revolutions.aspx#3)
• Physics of the Future: How science will shape human destiny and our daily lives by the year 2100 (Michio Kaku, Doubleday, 2011)
• Article: “The politics of Golden Rice” (Dubock, Adrian GM Crops & Food. Jul-Sep2014, Vol5 Issue 3 p 210-222 13p.) Website/Videos/Film Clips

• Dayrit, Fabian M. Ppt: Can we build a culture of science through nanotechnology? (2013)
• Film: Akiro Kurosawa’s Dreams “Village of the Watermills”
• http://www.history.com/topics/enlightenment/videos/mankind-the-story-of -all-of-us-scientific-revolution
• http://www.flowofhistory.com.readings
• http://hti.osu.ed/scientific revolution/lesson plans
• http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/sep/23/developing-poor-countries-de-develop-richcountries-sdgs
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6432307, stm, The ethical dilemmas of robotics
• http://www/theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/Is google making us stupid/306868/ , Is Google Making Us Stupid? 2008. Nicholas Carr
• http://www.cc.gatech.edu/computing/nano/documents, Why The Future Doesn’t Need Us (2000) – Bill Joy, Chief Scientist and Corporate Executive Officer of
Sun Microsystems
• https://explorable.com/scientific-reductionism
• https://explorable.com/what-is-a-paradigm
• Movie: “A I” Isaac Asimov, “I Robot
• Movie Clip (youtube): The Magician’s Twin: CS Lewis and the case against Scientism
• Martin Heidegger, The Question Concerning Technology
• UNEP, That Sugar Film (2015) (documentary) Ppt: towards a green economy: pathways to sustainable development and poverty eradication
• Video: Stephen Colbert’s interview with Neil Tyson https://www.youtube.com/watchv=YXh9RQCvxmg&noredirect=1
• Youtube: World’s Greatest Inventions (3 minutes)
• Youtube: Science Friction: Stem Cell Research
• TED Talk: Juan Enriquez on “The Next Specieis of Human”
• TEDTalk: Julian Assange on “Why the World Needs Wikileaks”
• TED Talk: Ray Kurzwell on “How Technology Will Transform Us”
• TEDTalk: Susan Lim on “Transplant Cells Not Organs”

ACADEMIC-RELATED POLICIES:
 Honor Policy:

Learning requires that students assume full responsibility for their work. Unless otherwise directed, all assignments must be independently completed. Any
graded course work that the teacher deems to be plagiarized or copied will result in a zero for the course reports. All students should be assigned academic
tasks on a regular basis for the purposes of practice and reinforcement of skills, preparation for an upcoming lesson/assessment, or for a project-based
assignment. Information pertaining to assignments and assessments will be available offline and online.

Missing/Late Work Policy:

Deductions on late/missing work will be applied unless under valid circumstances and reasons for the matter of output deficit.

Grounds for failing:

Failing academic standing and failure to take exams.

Grave misconduct and/or cheating during individual course works and examinations.

Prepared by: Noted: Recommending Approval: Approved by:

MARIANNE A. DIAZ MA. SHIELA V. ALBERTO, MSC HEIDE A. PAMA, M.ED. JANNICE JENNIFER P. PALMARES, MPA
Instructor Dean, SOCI Dean of Instruction Acting College President/ SAO/ Registrar Designate