Humanities for engineering (01_XASHI)
- Coefficient : 2
- Hourly Volume: 28h (including 18h supervised)
- Labo : 18h supervised (and 3h unsupervised)
- Out-of-schedule personal work : 7h
AATs Lists
Description
Epistemology for the engineer. Themes:
- Doubt and science
- the post-truth era
- introduction to epistemology
- pseudosciences, ideologies, discrimination and stereotypes, fake news, scientific impostures and conspiracy theories
Terms:
- Conferences, presentations, debates, group and individual work
Learning Outcomes AAv (AAv)
AAv1 [15,B3, G1] : At the end of the semester the student must be able to distinguish scientific thinking from other modes of thinking and to exercise it with humility in the analysis of the information chosen by the student. teacher
AAv2 [13,F1,F2] : At the end of the semester the student must be able to produce a complete oral synthesis in a professional manner (adapted to the requested communication situation and intended to be retained) using all the resources of communication.
Assessment methods
Average of several short continuous assessments
Key Words
Critical thinking, doubt, epistemology, scientific method, metacognition
Prerequisites
Level of general culture corresponding to final year class.