Science & Technology Studies (STS)Arts and Sciences

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

STS 1117

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 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18094 STS 1117   SEM 101

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

STS 1123

This seminar explores the ways in which Technology and Society shape one another and provides the opportunity to write extensively about this mutual shaping. Topics vary by section. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS:Nuclear Narratives—Stories&Subtexts-Progress

  • 18095 STS 1123   SEM 101

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

STS 1941

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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BSOC 1941HIST 1941

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16296 STS 1941   LEC 001

STS 2011

This course introduces some central ideas in the field of S&TS. It is aimed at students from any background who are challenged to think more critically about what counts as scientific knowledge and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: SOC 2100

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7490 STS 2011   LEC 001

  •  7491 STS 2011   DIS 201

  •  7639 STS 2011   DIS 202

  •  8633 STS 2011   DIS 203

  •  8634 STS 2011   DIS 204

STS 2051

In today's rapidly changing world of health and medicine, complex ethical issues arise in many contexts from the private, interpersonal interactions between doctor and patient to the broad, mass-mediated ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2051

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  8667 STS 2051   LEC 001

  • First-Year students must have permission of instructor to enroll.

  •  8668 STS 2051   DIS 201

  •  8669 STS 2051   DIS 202

  •  8670 STS 2051   DIS 203

  •  8671 STS 2051   DIS 204

  •  8672 STS 2051   DIS 205

  •  8673 STS 2051   DIS 206

  •  8674 STS 2051   DIS 207

  •  8675 STS 2051   DIS 208

STS 2751

As technologies and algorithms that can autonomously take in information, make decisions, and act on those decisions become more and more prevalent, questions arise as to the moral and ethical aspects ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECE 2750ENGRG 2750INFO 2750

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8512 STS 2751   LEC 001

STS 2871

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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BIOEE 2070

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6411 STS 2871   LEC 001

  • 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.

  •  6412 STS 2871   DIS 201

STS 3011

Biology and biotechnology are major influences on modern life. In addition, socio-political and historical conditions have shaped biological research and its applications in medicine, agriculture, environmental ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BSOC 3011

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6131 STS 3011   LEC 001

  • First-Year students not admitted into course.

STS 3020

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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: COMM 3020

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16957 STS 3020   LEC 001

  • One college-level writing course. No first-year students.

  • 16958 STS 3020   LAB 401

STS 3111

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 3111DSOC 3111SOC 3130

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16582 STS 3111   LEC 001

  • 16583 STS 3111   DIS 201

  • 16584 STS 3111   DIS 202

  • 16585 STS 3111   DIS 203

  • 16586 STS 3111   DIS 204

STS 3231

This course analyzes the development of foreign policy at the nexus of global health and national security in an attempt to better define and understand the evolving concept of "Global Health Security ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BSOC 3231

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17076 STS 3231   LEC 081

  • Taught in Washington, DC. This course is part of the Cornell in Washington program.

STS 3311

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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 3311DSOC 3311NTRES 3311

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7521 STS 3311   LEC 001

  • Enrollment limited to: juniors, seniors, or by permission of instructor.

  •  7522 STS 3311   DIS 201

  •  7523 STS 3311   DIS 202

  •  7524 STS 3311   DIS 203

STS 3991

Applications for research projects are accepted by individual STS faculty members. Students may enroll for 1–4 credits in STS 3991 with written permission of the faculty supervisor and may elect either ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7215 STS 3991   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Dear, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7216 STS 3991   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Hilgartner, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7217 STS 3991   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Kline, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7218 STS 3991   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Leuenberger, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7219 STS 3991   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Lewenstein, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7220 STS 3991   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Lynch, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7221 STS 3991   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Pinch, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7222 STS 3991   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Prentice, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7223 STS 3991   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Pritchard, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7224 STS 3991   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Rossiter, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7225 STS 3991   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Sengers, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7226 STS 3991   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Seth, S

STS 4101

One animal behaviorist speculates that big brains develop when species are social; that is, when they must read cues from members of their group to understand when to approach, when to flee, when to fight, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4101BSOC 4101

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16708 STS 4101   SEM 101

STS 4120

Modern science is often seen as having been originally developed in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Copernicus, who set the Earth in motion around the sun in the early 16th century, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BSOC 4121HIST 4120

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16351 STS 4120   SEM 101

STS 4240

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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: INFO 4240

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8740 STS 4240   LEC 001

  • 17727 STS 4240   DIS 201

  • 17728 STS 4240   DIS 202

  • 17729 STS 4240   DIS 203

  • 17730 STS 4240   DIS 204

  • 17731 STS 4240   DIS 205

  • 17733 STS 4240   DIS 207

  • 17737 STS 4240   DIS 210

  • 17738 STS 4240   DIS 211

STS 4301

In this course we will discuss how society, culture and politics shape technological artifacts and the natural and built environment, such as bridges, roads, and landscapes in diverse cultural contexts. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DSOC 4301GOVT 4807

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9697 STS 4301   SEM 101

STS 4511

Topic for Fall 2018: Biological Art (Bio Art): From the late 20th-century to the present, artists have made art using live entities including plants, animals, cells, tissue cultures and bacteria. They ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Biological Art (Bio Art)

  • 17312 STS 4511   SEM 101

STS 4801

This course offers conceptual and analytical tools to study environment-society relations with a focus on water. We will confront water from both disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, examining ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4801

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18106 STS 4801   SEM 101

  • 4 local field-trips required: Dates and locations TBA.

STS 4841

The term "epidemic" travels widely and wildly in contemporary worlds.  But, what, when and where is "the epidemic"? How and why does epidemic unfold? This senior seminar offers an interdisciplinary exploration ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4041BSOC 4841FGSS 4841

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16436 STS 4841   SEM 101

STS 4991

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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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BSOC 4991

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  8144 STS 4991   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Prentice, R

STS 6131

This graduate course is dedicated to an in-depth exploration of the recent emergence of Posthumanism as a new theoretical paradigm in cultural and literary studies. Hardly a unified theory, Posthumanism ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6186GERST 6315

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17015 STS 6131   LEC 001

  • Taught in English. Enrollment limited to: graduate students only or instructor permission.

STS 6301

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16466 STS 6301   SEM 101

STS 6321

Rather than analyze the social impact of technology upon society, this course investigates how society gets inside technology. In other words, is it possible that the very design of technologies embody ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SOC 6320

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18525 STS 6321   SEM 101

STS 6511

Seminar topics rotate each semester. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Biological Art (Bio Art)

  • 17316 STS 6511   SEM 101

STS 6902

Designed for an interdisciplinary audience, this seminar explores the theoretical and methodological potentials of a broad range of scholarship in the environmental humanities. Together we will discuss ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 6902

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18477 STS 6902   SEM 101

STS 6991

Applications and information are available in 303 Morrill Hall. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7202 STS 6991   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Dear, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7203 STS 6991   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Hilgartner, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7204 STS 6991   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Kline, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7205 STS 6991   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Leuenberger, C

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7206 STS 6991   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Lewenstein, B

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7207 STS 6991   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Lynch, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7208 STS 6991   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Pinch, T

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7209 STS 6991   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Prentice, R

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7210 STS 6991   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Pritchard, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7211 STS 6991   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Rossiter, M

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7212 STS 6991   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Sengers, P

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7213 STS 6991   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Seth, S

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7214 STS 6991   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Vogel, K

STS 7003

The special topic for this semester's seminar is The History of Digitalization.  We will read mostly secondary sources on the transition from analog to digital forms of electronic media, focusing on the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 7000

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16559 STS 7003   SEM 101

STS 7111

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 7110

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5600 STS 7111   SEM 101

STS 7201

This course will examine the peculiar speculative world of emerging technologies-a social and technical "space," found at the edges of expanding technological systems, where new technologies are being ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16467 STS 7201   SEM 101