Debs, L., & Martani, C. (2023, June), Developing a New Course in Design, Construction, and Society  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43042

\bibitem{asee_peer_43042}
  Debs, L., \& Martani, C. (2023, June), \emph{Developing a New Course in Design, Construction, and Society}
  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland.
  10.18260/1-2--43042

Luciana Debs and Claudio Martani.  "Developing a New Course in Design, Construction, and Society".  2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/43042 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_43042}
  Luciana Debs and Claudio Martani.
  "Developing a New Course in Design, Construction, and Society".
  \emph{2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/43042 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

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AB  - Recent studies have indicated a ‘culture of disengagement’ in engineering students, with an over-focus on technical aspects, to the detriment of social implications. Furthermore, the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is experiencing a burst of technological transformations. Given the significant impact of the built environment on the population, it is important to address how changes in society and technology affect the AEC industry. By understanding the interactions between social and technological developments, professionals may be better prepared to avoid ineffective operations and unnecessary corrective interventions. In the fall of 2022, a new course in architectural design, construction technology, and society was introduced into a construction-related program in a large midwestern university. The course was required for students enrolled in the Design and Construction Integration major and minor and open to all other students with no prerequisites. Over 29 biweekly classes and book discussions, the lecturers utilized: (i) architectural history as a background to discuss the relationship between the changes in society and the architectural developments from the first industrial revolution to post-modernism and (ii) recent technological and societal changes to reflect on the foreseeable future challenges. The present paper describes our experience developing and deploying this course for the first time. We start by presenting the motivation behind this new course, the learning objectives, the schedule of topics, and assessments. Following, the instructors provide lessons learned from the course's first iteration. Finally, we conclude by making suggestions for improving future iterations of the course. These suggestions can also be relevant to others considering the inclusion of this type of content into their construction courses or programs.
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