ECON518 THE EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY
| Course Code: |
3110518 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Economics |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
This course studies from a comparative perspective the evolution of technology from the Neolithic Revolution which made agriculture as the base of human survival to the Industrial Revolution which shifted the focus of human survival to industry. A special emphasis is placed upon the discovery, storage and diffusion of scientific, technical and other forms of “useful knowledge” across the globe, particularly in pre-industrial Europe and Asia, in long term.
