Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Sociology and Economics of Civil Engineering (17.GG02)

Native organizations units: Department of Civil Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Civil Engineering (Godina: 1, Winter)

General information:

Category	Academic-general educative
Scientific or art field	Tehnologija i organizacija građenja i menadžment
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	3

Educational goal:

1. Ability of engineers to understand the social significance and the role of technology in the development of the society, positive and negative influences of technology on the development of society and humans, as well as their own social significance and responsibility in creating a humane society. 2. Obtaining fundamental knowledge on the economic aspect of earning in construction.

Educational outcome:

1. Obtaining sociological knowledge on properties, sources, social functions and creators of technological knowledge; knowledge on the influence of the nature of social systems on the development of technology and the influence of technology on the development of society; knowledge on the influence of technology on the globalization processes. 2. Enabling civil engineers to monitor social end economic processes and to apply the acquired knowledge in the rational usage of all potentials in the field of civil engineering.

Course content:

1. Technical knowledge: properties of technical knowledge, social functions of technology, sources of technical knowledge, creators of technical knowledge, expansion of technical knowledge, scientific and technical potential, relation of science and technology, technology and ethics, technology and culture, technology and person, technology and freedom, technology and conscience. Relations between technology and society: influence of society on the development of technology – development of technology in pre-capitalism, development of technology in capitalism; influence of technology on the development of society – gatherers` societies, agricultural societies, industrial society, information society. Technology and globalization: causes and dimensions of globalization, influence of globalization on the lives of people and the culture, globalization and inequality, technological gap, brain drain; technology and economic crisis – electrical viruses, global warming, genetically modified food, technical risks, technical society as risk-taking society. 2. Role of construction in the industrial system. Business systems in civil engineering. Means engagement and spending. Determining costs and prices. Economic business principles and achieving business success.

Teaching methods:

In lectures, problems are presented, and the discussion is opened where students can ask questions, give remarks and complement the presented course content.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Goran Ćirović	Građevinska ekonomija	2014	Visoka građevinsko-geodetska škola	Serbian language
Entoni Gidens	Sociologija	2007	Ekonomski fakultet, Beograd	Serbian language
Ćirović, G.	Upravljanje investicijama	2009	Visoka građevinsko-geodetska škola, Beograd	Serbian language
Clifton D. Bryant, Dennis L. Peck	21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook	2007	Sage Publications	English
Radivojević, R.	Tehnika i društvo	2004	Fakultet tehničkih nauka, Novi Sad	Serbian language