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STS 1102
Course Description
From Frankenstein to The Matrix, science fiction and film have depicted contemporary science, technology, and medicine for almost two centuries. This course introduces students to historical and social ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 1620
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 103
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Prentice, R
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STS 1123
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The influence of science and technology is ubiquitous in our current age. Science and technology affect both the western and non-western world, while individual interactions with hi-tech and ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Topic: FWS: Living in a Technological World
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- MW Rockefeller Hall B16
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Hesselbein, C
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STS 1126
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This seminar explores the ways in which Science and Society shape one another and provides the opportunity to write extensively about this mutual shaping. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Topic: FWS: Drugs and Politics
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 187
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Ekinci, M
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FWS Session.
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3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Topic: FWS: Politics of Global Health
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- MW Statler Hall 453
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Walker, A
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STS 1201
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This course investigates the ethical, legal, and social foundations of information. Through lectures, readings, and independent projects, the class will learn to analyze and engage key challenges ranging ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: INFO 1200
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3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Ives Hall 219
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Jackson, S
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STS 1941
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How did the approaches to knowledge of nature that developed in medieval and early-modern Europe create an enterprise that associated the practical manipulation of nature with scientific truth? This course ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 1941, HIST 1941
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 230
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Dear, P
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STS 2011
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Introduces some of the central ideas in the field of S&TS. As well as serving as an introduction to students who plan to major in Biology and Society or in Science and Technology Studies, the course ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: SOC 2100
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3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Ives Hall 105
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Pinch, T
Slayton, R
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- F Rockefeller Hall B16
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Pinch, T
Slayton, R
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- F Uris Hall 254
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Pinch, T
Slayton, R
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- F Rockefeller Hall 127
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Pinch, T
Slayton, R
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STS 2071
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This course offers an introductory survey of the history of medicine (principally in Europe and the United States) from classical antiquity to the early twentieth century. Using a combination of both primary ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2071, HIST 2710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Caldwell Hall 100
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Seth, S
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- R Rockefeller Hall 127
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Seth, S
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- R Rockefeller Hall 127
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Seth, S
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- F Baker Laboratory G08
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Seth, S
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- F Rockefeller Hall B16
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Seth, S
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- R Rockefeller Hall 127
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Seth, S
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STS 2122
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The power of a name is sometimes as great as that of an idea. This course will study who Darwin was in his own time, and how he became, then and now, an icon rather than just a Victorian naturalist. We ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 2122, HIST 2122
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Uris Hall 204
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Dear, P
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STS 2131
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Science fiction, as Fredric Jameson put it, is "the only kind of literature that can reach back and colonize reality." Today more than ever, when science and technology have penetrated everyday life in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2035, ENGL 2035
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 142
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Banerjee, A
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To be placed on a provisional waitlist, please email Professor Banerjee, ab425@cornell.edu.
STS 2331
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Surveys the major themes in the development of agriculture and agribusiness in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. These include particular individuals (e.g., Liberty Hyde Bailey, Luther ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2331
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF Rockefeller Hall 231
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Rossiter, M
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STS 2468
Course Description
Medicine has become the language and practice through which we address a broad range of both individual and societal complaints. Interest in this "medicalization of life" may be one of the reasons that ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2468, BSOC 2468
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
Instructors
Langwick, S
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- R Rockefeller Hall 183
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Staff
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- R Rockefeller Hall 128
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Staff
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- R Rockefeller Hall B16
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Staff
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- F Uris Hall G20
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Staff
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- F Uris Hall G20
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Staff
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- F Rockefeller Hall 183
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Staff
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 124
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Staff
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- R McGraw Hall 366
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Staff
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STS 2501
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Investigates the social, technical, political, and economic history of technology in Europe and the United States from the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century to the present. Topics include ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ECE 2500, ENGRG 2500, HIST 2500
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MW Phillips Hall 407
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Kline, R
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- F Phillips Hall 213
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Kline, R
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STS 2871
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Evolution is the central concept in biology. This course examines evolution as a science and places it in an historical context. Lectures focus on descent with modification, the nature of natural selection, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BIOEE 2070
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Baker Laboratory 219
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Graffin, G
Harrison, R
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Intended for students with no background in college biology. May not be taken for credit after BIOEE 1780 Does not meet evolutionary biology requirement for biological sciences major.
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- M Kennedy Hall 103
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Graffin, G
Harrison, R
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- T Kennedy Hall 103
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Graffin, G
Harrison, R
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- T Kennedy Hall 103
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Graffin, G
Harrison, R
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STS 3011
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Biology and biotechnology are major sources of influence on personal and social life. In addition, social and historical conditions have profound influence on biological research,and on the applications ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 3011
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 230
Instructors
Lynch, M
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Department Consent Required (Add)
STS 3020
Course Description
How to write about science, technology, and medicine for the media. Writing assignments focus on writing news for web sites, blogs, magazines, and other media. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: COMM 3020
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MW Kennedy Hall 103
Instructors
Porticella, N
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Not open to freshmen. Prerequisite: college-level writing course.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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- W Mann Library B30B
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Staff
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
STS 3111
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This course provides an introduction to the ways in which medical practice, the medical profession, and medical technology are embedded in society and culture. We will ask how medicine is connected to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 3111, DSOC 3111, SOC 3130
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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Leuenberger, C
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Not open to Freshmen
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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Leuenberger, C
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- F Rockefeller Hall 105
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Leuenberger, C
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- F Rockefeller Hall 115
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Leuenberger, C
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STS 3311
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Environmental governance is defined as the assemblage of institutions that regulate society-nature interactions and shape environmental outcomes across a range of spatial and temporal scales. Institutions, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 3311, DSOC 3311, DSOC 6320, NTRES 3311, NTRES 6310
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MW Caldwell Hall 100
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Wolf, S
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Enrollment limited to: juniors, seniors, or by permission of instructor.
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- W Fernow Hall G24
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Wolf, S
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- F Fernow Hall G24
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Wolf, S
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- M Fernow Hall G24
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Wolf, S
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- W Kennedy Hall 103
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Wolf, S
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STS 3601
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Studies major ethical and social issues involved in engineering practice. The issues include responsibility for designing products that do not harm public health, safety, and welfare; rights of engineers ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECE 3600, ENGRG 3600
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Phillips Hall 213
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Doing, P
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STS 3811
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This course will cover various topics in the philosophy of science. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 3810
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
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Boyd, R
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- T Rockefeller Hall 104
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Boyd, R
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- T Rockefeller Hall 112
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Boyd, R
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STS 3991
Course Description
More information and applications available in 306 Rockefeller Hall. view course details
STS 4221
Course Description
Over the centuries New York State has been the site of activity for a great many women of consequence. This course is a one-semester survey of the past and present activities and contributions of rural ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4220
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T Goldwin Smith Hall 181
Instructors
Rossiter, M
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STS 4240
Course Description
The social impact of technologies is typically thought about fairly late, if ever, in the design process. Indeed, it can be difficult at design time to predict what effects technologies will have. Nevertheless, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: INFO 4240
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Bill and Melinda Gates Hll G01
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Sengers, P
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STS 4303
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Biotechnology is a broad term for the tools used to alter living organisms for human purposes. Genetic engineering (recombinant DNA technology) is one class of methods used in biotechnology. Private sector ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BIOPL 4303, BSOC 4303, CSS 4303, GOVT 4303, IARD 4303, PLBR 4303
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Emerson Hall 135
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Davidson Evanega, S
Davies, P
Herring, R
Hobbs, P
Thies, J
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- TBA
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Davidson Evanega, S
Davies, P
Herring, R
Hobbs, P
Thies, J
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- TBA
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Davidson Evanega, S
Davies, P
Herring, R
Hobbs, P
Thies, J
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STS 4691
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Multidisciplinary course dealing with the social and environmental impact of food production in the United States and developing countries. Agroecosystems of various kinds are analyzed from biological, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIOEE 4690, BSOC 4691
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Corson-Mudd A409
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Power, A
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Prerequisite: introductory ecology course or permission of instructor. Limited to 20 students.
STS 4751
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This course is divided into three major thematic sections. The first looks at the history of racial thinking in the West. We begin with the existence (or not) of conceptions of biological race in the early- ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4751
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T Rockefeller Hall 185
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Seth, S
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STS 4951
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Explores how the human and social sciences have provided the knowledge and categories we use to make sense of human beings and their behavior. Looking across a range of disciplines-including sociology, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- W Rockefeller Hall 189
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Leuenberger, C
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STS 4991
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Students must register for 4 credits each semester (4991-4992) for a total of 8 credits. After the first semester, students receive a letter grade of "R"; a letter grade for both semesters is submitted ... view course details
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4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
STS 6301
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Sociologist C. Wright Mills challenged his readers to develop their "sociological imagination" to understand the social and historical forces at work in seemingly individual events, such as the receipt ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T Rockefeller Hall 183
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Prentice, R
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STS 6811
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Advanced discussion of some problem or problems in the philosophy of science. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 6810
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Topic: Philosophical Naturalism and Its Critics
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- W Rockefeller Hall 183
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Boyd, R
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STS 6991
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Applications and information are available in 306 Rockefeller Hall. view course details
STS 7003
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No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 7000
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4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- W Rockefeller Hall 110
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Kline, R
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STS 7111
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Provides students with a foundation in the field of science and technology studies. Using classic works as well as contemporary exemplars, seminar participants chart the terrain of this new field. Topics ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 181
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Lynch, M
Ziewitz, M
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