A General Education voyage through how science and technology shape — and are shaped by — the people who build ships, cross oceans, and keep the sea worth crossing.
Every module keeps the machine in one hand and its human consequences in the other. These are the capacities the course is built to develop.
Read a technology clearly — its principles, its limits, and what it quietly changes.
See today's transitions through the long story of sail, steam, and diesel.
Weigh outcomes, duties, and character when technology and lives collide.
Judge sustainability, footprint, and the climate stakes of a shipping world.
Automation, AI, autonomy, fuels, and cyber risk — the contemporary bridge and engine room.
Ask a sharp question, weigh evidence, and defend a position in APA-7.
Eight midterm modules lay the foundations — meaning, history, ethics, environment. Eight final modules take on the machinery reshaping the industry you're about to enter.
Tap any module to open its full reading — introduction, lesson sections, callouts, a self-check quiz you can grade instantly, essay prompts, and references.
Science, Technology and Society is an interdisciplinary General Education course examining the dynamic interactions among scientific knowledge, technological development, and human society. For BSMarE students, shipping is the working example throughout — steam and diesel, alternative fuels, AI, autonomous ships, and maritime cybersecurity.
| Course Code | NGEC 7 |
| Title | Science, Technology and Society |
| Program | BS Marine Engineering |
| Year / Sem | First Year · Second Semester |
| Credits | 3 Units (54 hours) |
| Prerequisite | None |
| Contact hrs | 3 hrs / week — lecture with seminar-type activities & directed research |
| Modality | Face to face · classroom |
Every module opens with its Course Outcome and Learning Outcomes, then moves through an Introduction and lesson sections. Along the way, three kinds of callout deepen the reading:
A surprising fact that anchors the concept in memory.
A concrete case from the sea, often Philippine.
A prompt that turns the concept back on the reader.
Each closes with a Task, a ten-item quiz, two rubric-graded essays, and APA-7 references.
Explain the foundational relationships among science, technology, and society, and the historical evolution of technology, including maritime propulsion.
Analyze the ethical, environmental, and societal implications of technological development using appropriate STS frameworks.
Evaluate contemporary maritime transformations — automation, AI, digitalization, alternative fuels, and cybersecurity — and their consequences.
Conduct and communicate a small-scale, evidence-based STS research project on a contemporary maritime issue.
Final Grade = (Class Standing × 0.50) + (Midterm Exam × 0.25) + (Final Exam × 0.25).
Class Standing = Quizzes (20%) + Learning Activities & Workbook (20%) + Research & STS Analysis (10%).