COMM 6660

Public Engagement in Science

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

In recent years, the scientific community has increasingly referred to "public engagement in science." This seminar explores the scholarly literature addressing that move; the links between "public engagement" and earlier concerns about sciences literacy, public understanding of science, and outreach; and the intersections between literature in communication and in science studies on issues involving the relationships among science(s) and public(s).

When Offered Spring (offered in even-numbered years only).

• Students will be able to identify scholarly literature relevant to analysis of public communication of science and technology.
• Students will be able to identify and analyze recurrent themes in the scholarly literature on public communication of science and technology.
• Students will be able to produce scholarly writing (including appropriate documentation) about public communication of science and technology.

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