Welcome

This web site is the syllabus for the class "Communication Technology & Society" at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Important Announcements

(most recent first)

• The course is over! Get some sleep.
• Participation grades are now posted. See the grades page.
• Please bring a #2 pencil to the final exam.
• The Final Exam Review Sheet (pdf) is now available
• An optional Final Exam Review Session will be held on Tuesday, 5/10 in Armory 328
• Additional office hours with Prof. Sandvig before the final exam will be held Friday, May 6, from 12 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Essentials

Class meets in 150 Animal Science from 12:00-12:50 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.

Discussion/lab sections meet:
Section AD2, 12:00-12:50 p.m. Thursdays, G17 Foreign Languages Building
Section AD3, 1:00-1:50 p.m. Thursdays, G17 Foreign Languages Building
Section AD4, 2:00-2:50 p.m. Thursdays, G23 Foreign Languages Building
Section AD5, 4:00-4:50 p.m. Thursdays, G27 Foreign Languages Building

Image Credits

From top: (1) Sonic the Hedgehog, from the game of the same name first released in 1991 for the Sega Genesis. Sonic the Hedgehog is a trademark of Sega Corporation. (2) The statue "The Spirit of Communications," by sculptor Evelyn Beatrice Longman (originally named "The Genius of Electricity"). From: Boettinger, H. M. (1977). The Telephone Book: Bell, Watson, Vail and American Life. Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Riverwood Publishers. Image reproduced by The Bell System Memorial. (3) A portion of the ARPANET as planned c. 1980, from ARPANET Completion Report: Heart, F., McKenzie, A., McQuillian, J., and Walden, D., (January 4, 1978). Bolt, Beranek and Newman: Burlington, MA.