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Classes
STS 1101
Course Description
From global warming to surveillance of citizens to health-care reform, issues in science, technology, and medicine are also political issues. This course uses contemporary scientific controversies to explore ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Morrill Hall 107
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
STS 1123
Course Description
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
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Reimagining Inequality in Emerging Tech
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3343
Instructors
Parrott, D
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/
STS 1126
Course Description
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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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Stories of (Agri)Culture
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 183
Instructors
Harrison, R
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Writers of the Near Future Inc,Training Module
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 423
Instructors
Ekinci, M
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Knowledge, Power, and Mathematics
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 127
Instructors
Abrams, E
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/
STS 1180
Course Description
Evolution is the central concept in biology. This course examines evolution as a science and places it in an historical context. Classes focus on descent with modification, the nature of natural selection, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIOEE 1180
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Corson-Mudd A106
Instructors
Smith, M
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Additional Information
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.
STS 2051
Course Description
In the rapidly changing world of healthcare, complex ethical issues arise from interpersonal interactions between patients and clinicians to broad controversies that propel medicine into headline news. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2051
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 132-HEC Aud
Instructors
Overby, K
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Additional Information
First-Year students must have permission of instructor to enroll.
Department Consent Required (Add)
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- F Rockefeller Hall 183
Instructors
Overby, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 187
Instructors
Overby, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 189
Instructors
Overby, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 183
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Overby, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 187
Instructors
Overby, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 189
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Overby, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 183
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Overby, K
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- F Rockefeller Hall 189
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Overby, K
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STS 2131
Course Description
Science fiction is not merely a literary genre but a whole way of being, thinking, and acting in the modern world. This course explores classic and contemporary science fiction from Frankenstein to The ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 2131, COML 2035, ENGL 2035
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 498
Instructors
Banerjee, A
STS 2280
Course Description
How have different dimensions of our lives become matters of public health? Focusing on modern America, this course explores how public health has been bound up with histories of the state, the economy, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2280
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall B15
Instructors
LeBlanc, H
STS 2451
Course Description
Bioethics is the study of ethical problems brought about by advances in the medical field. Questions we'll discuss may include: Is it morally permissible to advance a patient's death, at his or her request, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2455
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 132
Instructors
Markovits, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Statler Hall 291
Instructors
Staff
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Rockefeller Hall 102
Instructors
Staff
STS 2470
Course Description
Digital technology has been a part of modern life in the U.S. since the Cold War. A growing population of users works, plays, become politically active and fight-off boredom through digital technology. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2470, LSP 2470
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Statler Hall 291
Instructors
Chaar Lopez, I
STS 2561
Course Description
An exploration of processes of change in health care practices in China. Focuses on key transitions, such as the emergence of canonical medicine, of Daoist approaches to healing and longevity, of "scholar ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2262, BSOC 2561, CAPS 2262, HIST 2562
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
Instructors
Hinrichs, T
STS 2751
Course Description
Covers the ethics of intelligent autonomous systems. Fulfills liberal studies credit – is not an ECE technical elective. As technologies and algorithms that can autonomously take in information, make decisions, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECE 2750, ENGRG 2750, INFO 2750
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Bard Hall 140
Instructors
Doing, P
STS 2921
Course Description
Explores the history of information technology from the 1830s to the present by considering the technical and social history of telecommunications (telegraph and the telephone), radio, television, computers, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 2980, ECE 2980, ENGRG 2980, HIST 2920, INFO 2921
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Phillips Hall 101
Instructors
Kline, R
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Phillips Hall 101
Instructors
Kline, R
STS 3011
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 3011
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 122
Instructors
Roebuck, C
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Additional Information
First-Year students not admitted into course.
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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 Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Kennedy Hall 213
Instructors
Eiseman, D
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Additional Information
One college-level writing course. No first-year students.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Plant Science Building 143
Instructors
Eiseman, D
STS 3111
Course Description
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
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Enrollment limited to: senior, junior, and sophomore students.
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Sibley Hall 208
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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STS 3231
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 3231
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Washington, DC
Instructors
Rao, J
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Additional Information
Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.
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STS 3311
Course Description
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(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Caldwell Hall 100
Instructors
Wolf, S
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Additional Information
Enrollment limited to: juniors, seniors, or by permission of instructor.
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Meeting Pattern
- W Fernow Hall G24
Instructors
Wolf, S
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Fernow Hall G24
Instructors
Wolf, S
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Meeting Pattern
- M Bradfield Hall 110
Instructors
Wolf, S
STS 3911
Course Description
This course reviews the changing political relations between science, technology, and the state in America from 1960 to the present. It focuses on policy choices involving science and technology in different ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3911, GOVT 3091
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 112
Instructors
Hilgartner, S
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Additional Information
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STS 3991
Course Description
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
STS 4041
Course Description
Scientists in the main try to avoid controversy whilst STS scholars argue that controversy can be a motor of scientific change. There is a lengthy tradition of research into different forms of controversies ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 110
Instructors
Pinch, T
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. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: INFO 4240
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Klarman Hall KG70
Instructors
Sengers, P
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Upson Hall 222
Instructors
Sengers, P
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Meeting Pattern
- F Hollister Hall 372
Instructors
Sengers, P
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Phillips Hall 307
Instructors
Sengers, P
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Upson Hall 206
Instructors
Sengers, P
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Hollister Hall 372
Instructors
Sengers, P
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Phillips Hall 213
Instructors
Sengers, P
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Hollister Hall 372
Instructors
Sengers, P
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Phillips Hall 213
Instructors
Sengers, P
STS 4312
Course Description
From Switched-On Bach to Synthpop and EDM, since the late 1960s electronic synthesizers have expanded the sonic palette and identity formation of popular musicians, leading to new concepts of sound and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4312, FGSS 6312, LGBT 4312, LGBT 6312, MUSIC 4312, MUSIC 6312, STS 6312
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Lincoln Hall 316
Instructors
Moseley, R
Peraino, J
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Additional Information
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STS 4330
Course Description
How do we perceive and know the world around us? Which are the multiple ways in which we negotiate this knowledge into language and embodied practice? Does one's position in society matter? Is the thing ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4330, COGST 4330
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Rockefeller Hall 110
Instructors
Cortesi, L
STS 4641
Course Description
This seminar explores Latin American political violence since the 1970s, focusing on the role technology played in internal conflicts called "Dirty Wars," in which the state employed extrajudicial violence ... view course details
STS 4751
Course Description
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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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Rockefeller Hall 189
Instructors
Seth, S
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Additional Information
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STS 4841
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4041, BSOC 4841, FGSS 4841
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Rockefeller Hall 189
Instructors
Roebuck, C
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
STS 4902
Course Description
The environmental humanities pose a radically different set of questions to texts, materials, and contexts that were previously approached in terms of human intentions and actions alone. This seminar explores ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4902, COML 6902, STS 6902
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 398
Instructors
Banerjee, A
STS 4991
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 4991
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
STS 6061
Course Description
This course examines the relationship between scientific development, technological innovation and maintenance, and the capitalistic forces that support and benefit from these activities. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 6065
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- T Morrill Hall 423
Instructors
Ratcliff, J
STS 6121
Course Description
This graduate seminar offers an introduction to environmental history—the study of human interactions with nonhuman nature in the past. It is a subfield within the historical discipline that has complex ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 6221
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- M Rockefeller Hall 127
Instructors
Sachs, A
STS 6312
Course Description
From Switched-On Bach to Synthpop and EDM, since the late 1960s electronic synthesizers have expanded the sonic palette and identity formation of popular musicians, leading to new concepts of sound and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4312, FGSS 6312, LGBT 4312, LGBT 6312, MUSIC 4312, MUSIC 6312, STS 4312
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Lincoln Hall 316
Instructors
Moseley, R
Peraino, J
STS 6321
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SOC 6320
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Rockefeller Hall 110
Instructors
Pinch, T
STS 6641
Course Description
This seminar explores Latin American political violence since the 1970s, focusing on the role technology played in internal conflicts called "Dirty Wars," in which the state employed extrajudicial violence ... view course details
STS 6902
Course Description
The environmental humanities pose a radically different set of questions to texts, materials, and contexts that were previously approached in terms of human intentions and actions alone. This seminar explores ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4902, COML 6902, STS 4902
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 398
Instructors
Banerjee, A
STS 6991
Course Description
Applications and information are available in 303 Morrill Hall. view course details
STS 7111
Course Description
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. Combined with: HIST 7110
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Morrill Hall 423
Instructors
Ratcliff, J
Slayton, R
STS 7937
Course Description
The Proseminar in Peace Studies offers a multidisciplinary review of issues related to peace and conflict at the graduate level. The course is led by the director of the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace ... view course details