Maricopa Community Colleges  FUS101   19886-19955 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 01/01/01
FUS101 19886-19955 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Dimensions of the Future
Surveys significant changes taking place in society and investigates other possible future changes. Evaluation of the various future directions of society and the world. Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
FUS101   19886-19955 Dimensions of the Future
1. Describe current institutional trends and societal value shifts. (I, III, IV, VIII)
2. Describe the most popular current prediction trends in society. (I, III)
3. Describe how change, and the pace of change affect the future. (II)
4. Identify and evaluate arguments for and against the positive influence of technology in the future. (V)
5. Describe possible changes in the future as a result of developments in biology and ecology. (VI, VII)
6. Describe the positive and negative features of major paradigms previously and currently used to interpret the world. (IX-XII)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
FUS101   19886-19955 Dimensions of the Future
    I. Study of the future
      II. Nature of change
          A. History
          B. Time
        III. Contemporary transition
          IV. Information Revolution
            V. Science and technology
              VI. Biology
                  A. Genetics
                  B. Biotechnology
                VII. Ecology: Gaia and the environment
                  VIII. The global society
                      A. Institutions
                      B. The human equation
                    IX. Psychological evolution
                      X. Women and the future of human society
                        XI. Freedom and human diversity
                          XII. Religion and spirituality
                            XIII. Culture
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