Session

Winter 2021

 Term

W

Format

SEMR

Instructor

Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite

This course investigates some of the transformative effects of digital communications technologies within realms of culture as diverse as politics, romance and mating, industry, medical and pharmaceutical practice, commerce, finance, the arts, scientific enquiry, and contemporary warfare. Relevant to class discussions are phenomena such as world order transformation, cybernetics and automation, interoperability, databases, computer modeling, information overload, artificial intelligence, virtuality, networks, social networking, biometrics, and the global positioning system. The course concludes by addressing questions regarding what constitutes the good digital life.

Course Start Up

Course Websites hosted on York's "eClass" are accessible to students during the first week of the term. It takes two business days from the time of your enrolment to access your course website. Course materials begin to be released on the course website during the first week. To log in to your eClass course visit the York U eClass Portal and login with your Student Passport York Account. If you are creating and participating in Zoom meetings you may also go directly to the York U Zoom Portal.

For further course Start Up details, review the Getting Started webpage.

For IT support, students may contact University Information Technology Client Services via askit@yorku.ca or (416) 736-5800. Please also visit Students Getting Started UIT or the Getting Help - UIT webpages.