STS 1117

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STS 1117
FWS: From Hiroshima to the Internet

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

The seminar will explore the history of science, technology, and society in the United States during the Cold War.  Students will write about such themes as government funding, promotion, and regulation of new military and civilian technologies, gender and technology, the entwining of technology and politics, and the mutual relationship between technological change and social change.  Topics include nuclear weapons, the space race with the Soviets, the transformation of the social sciences, and the commercialization and further development of such military-funded information technologies as the personal computer, Internet and GPS by AT&T, IBM, Apple, Google, and other firms.

When Offered Fall.

Satisfies Requirement First-Year Writing Seminar.

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18094 STS 1117   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.