Science, Technology and Society Major

Major Requirements

1. Three “science and technology practice” courses
   STS is about knowledge-making practices, so students should experience those practices directly. Students must take three courses in a STEM field (science, mathematics, computer science, or engineering) that all fulfill requirements for majoring in that STEM field, of which at least one course must have a prerequisite in that STEM field or be second (or greater) in a sequence required for that major.
2. STS 010 HM - Introduction to Science, Technology and Society
3. Three “context and theory” courses
   These courses explicitly examine science and technology as social institutions, and explore the theories, concepts and methods one encounters in doing so.

1. One historical studies course from STS 081 PO  or HIST 081 HM, HIST 082 HM, STS 083 PZ 
2. One philosophy of science course from PHIL 007 PO, PHIL 103 PO or PHIL 104 PO or PHIL 104 PO  
3. One “social science approaches” course from POLI 136 PO, POLI 149 PO,ANTH 111 HM, POST 186 PZ  

4. Three additional STS courses in History or Philosophy or Social Sciences. This requirement asks students to acquire depth in one of the main disciplinary areas of STS. One of these courses may be replaced with a senior thesis. A thesis student chooses a member of the STS field group as a primary mentor in the research project, and will also need a second reader. The student’s program must be determined in consultation with both readers and must show intellectual integrity and academic coherence.
5. Two STS electives
6. STS 190 PO - Senior Integrative Seminar

Science, Technology and Society Courses

Anthropology

• •  ANTH 110 HM -Knowledge,Belief,Cultural Practs
• •  ANTH 111 HM -Intro Anth Science & Technology
• •  ANTH 153 PZ -History Anthropological Theory

Environmental Analysis

• •  EA 068 PZ -Ethnoecology
• •  EA 108 PZ -Community-Based Planning Praxis

Geology

• •  GEOL 112 PO -Remote Sensing of Earth’s Envir
• •  GEOL 125 PO -Earth History with Laboratory

History

• •  HIST 012 PZ -History of the Human Sciences
• •  HIST 082 HM -Science&Technol in Modern World
• •  HIST 179A/B/C/D HM -Technology and American Society / Special Topics in History
• •  HIST 185 PZ -Information Revolutions x.0&z.0

Philosophy

• •  PHIL 007 PO -Discovery, Invention & Progress
• •  PHIL 037 PO -Values and the Environment
• •  PHIL 038 PO -Medical Ethics
• •  PHIL 040 PO -Ancient Philosophy
• •  PHIL 103 PO -Phil of Science: Historical Surv
• •  PHIL 104 PO -Phil of Science: Topical Survey
• •  PHIL 106 PO -Philosophy of Biology
• •  PHIL 125 HM -Ethical Issues in Science/Engr
• •  PHIL 185N JT -Topics in Neurophilosophy
• •  PHIL/STS 057 JT -Philosophy of Technology

Physics

• •  PHYS 017 PO -Phys in Society: Energy Policy
• •  PHYS 080 HM -Topics in Physics

Political Studies

• •  POLI 135 PO -Policy Implementation/Evaluation

Religious Studies

• •  RLST 183 HM -Ghosts & the Machines

Science, Technology and Society

• •  STS 010 HM -Intro to Sci, Tech and Society
• •  STS 080 PO -History of Science & Technology In the Ancient & Medieval Worlds
• •  STS 114 HM -Social/Politic Issues in Clinic
• •  STS 190 PO -Senior Integrative Seminar

Sociology

• •  SOC 122 PZ -Sociology of Health & Medicine