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Classes
STS 1201
Course Description
This course investigates the ethical, legal, and policy foundations of contemporary information technology. Through lectures, readings, discussions, and short assignments, we will address contemporary ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: INFO 1200
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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
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Susser, D
Vidan, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Susser, D
Vidan, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Susser, D
Vidan, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Susser, D
Vidan, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Susser, D
Vidan, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Susser, D
Vidan, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Susser, D
Vidan, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Susser, D
Vidan, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Susser, D
Vidan, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Susser, D
Vidan, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Susser, D
Vidan, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Susser, D
Vidan, G
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
First-Year students must have permission of instructor to enroll. Class enrollment is limited by College and expected graduation year. If you cannot enroll or if class says "Needs Department Consent" please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/m9vRqvn6tSwrPsoL9 to be put on the waitlist. Emailing us will NOT get you put on the waitlist. Class may appear open even if you are not allowed to enroll.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class enrollment is limited by College and expected graduation year. If you cannot enroll or if class says "Needs Department Consent" please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/m9vRqvn6tSwrPsoL9 to be put on the waitlist. Emailing us will NOT get you put on the waitlist. Class may appear open even if you are not allowed to enroll.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class enrollment is limited by College and expected graduation year. If you cannot enroll or if class says "Needs Department Consent" please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/m9vRqvn6tSwrPsoL9 to be put on the waitlist. Emailing us will NOT get you put on the waitlist. Class may appear open even if you are not allowed to enroll.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class enrollment is limited by College and expected graduation year. If you cannot enroll or if class says "Needs Department Consent" please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/m9vRqvn6tSwrPsoL9 to be put on the waitlist. Emailing us will NOT get you put on the waitlist. Class may appear open even if you are not allowed to enroll.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class enrollment is limited by College and expected graduation year. If you cannot enroll or if class says "Needs Department Consent" please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/m9vRqvn6tSwrPsoL9 to be put on the waitlist. Emailing us will NOT get you put on the waitlist. Class may appear open even if you are not allowed to enroll.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class enrollment is limited by College and expected graduation year. If you cannot enroll or if class says "Needs Department Consent" please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/m9vRqvn6tSwrPsoL9 to be put on the waitlist. Emailing us will NOT get you put on the waitlist. Class may appear open even if you are not allowed to enroll.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class enrollment is limited by College and expected graduation year. If you cannot enroll or if class says "Needs Department Consent" please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/m9vRqvn6tSwrPsoL9 to be put on the waitlist. Emailing us will NOT get you put on the waitlist. Class may appear open even if you are not allowed to enroll.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class enrollment is limited by College and expected graduation year. If you cannot enroll or if class says "Needs Department Consent" please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/m9vRqvn6tSwrPsoL9 to be put on the waitlist. Emailing us will NOT get you put on the waitlist. Class may appear open even if you are not allowed to enroll.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Class enrollment is limited by College and expected graduation year. If you cannot enroll or if class says "Needs Department Consent" please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/m9vRqvn6tSwrPsoL9 to be put on the waitlist. Emailing us will NOT get you put on the waitlist. Class may appear open even if you are not allowed to enroll.
STS 2381
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2881
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2262, BSOC 2561, CAPS 2262, HIST 2562
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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
- MW
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Hinrichs, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
STS 2810
Course Description
This course investigates the history of science in early modern Europe (ca. 1500 to 1800), a period in which new understandings of the natural world emerged while traditional forms of knowledge fell into ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2811
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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. Combined with: COMM 3020
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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
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Guruianu, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: one college-level writing course. Enrollment limited to: seniors, juniors, and sophomores.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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, GDEV 3311, NTRES 3311
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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
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Wolf, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Wolf, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Wolf, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Wolf, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
STS 3460
Course Description
This class considers the relationship between the body, knowledge and experience. We investigate the production and reproduction of the body across different times and spaces. Students examine specific ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3465, BSOC 3460, SHUM 3465
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
STS 3474
Course Description
Infrastructure! It's the hardware and software that undergirds transportation, energy, water, and security systems. This course asks what we can learn about infrastructure when we approach it not as a ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3474, ANTHR 6474, STS 6474
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
STS 3911
Course Description
This course reviews the changing relations between science, technology, and the state in America, focusing on the period from 1960 to the present. We will explore science-intensive policy controversies. ... view course details
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
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Langwick, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Ratcliff, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Lewenstein, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Pritchard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Sengers, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Seth, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Ziewitz, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Slayton, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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, INFO 5240
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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
- MW
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For Bowers Computer and Information Science (CIS) Course Enrollment Help, please see: https://tdx.cornell.edu/TDClient/193/Portal/Home/
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
STS 4561
Course Description
Evaluation is a pervasive feature of contemporary life. Professors, doctors, countries, hotels, pollution, books, intelligence: there is hardly anything that is not subject to some form of review, rating, ... view course details
STS 4911
Course Description
Chinese discourses have long linked the circulation of cosmic energies, political power, and bodily vitalities. In these models political order, spiritual cultivation, and health are achieved and enhanced ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: ASIAN 4429, BSOC 4911, CAPS 4931, HIST 4931, HIST 6931, RELST 4931
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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
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Hinrichs, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 4992
Course Description
Students must register for the 4 credits each semester (BSOC 4991-BSOC 4992) for a total of 8 credits. After the first semester, students receive a letter grade of "R"; a letter grade for both semesters ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 4992
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
STS 6100
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 6100
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
STS 6211
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 6211
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
STS 6474
Course Description
Infrastructure! It's the hardware and software that undergirds transportation, energy, water, and security systems. This course asks what we can learn about infrastructure when we approach it not as a ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3474, ANTHR 6474, STS 3474
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
STS 6991
Course Description
Applications and information are available in 303 Morrill Hall. view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
STS 7005
Course Description
This one-credit seminar is designed to introduce PhD students in Science & Technology Studies (STS) to the faculty in the STS graduate field and their scholarly interests and work. Faculty members ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit S/U NoAud(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (no audit))
STS 7006
Course Description
The goal of this year-long course is to train students in the process of conducting research in STS, providing hands on experience and discussions of the research process. Students will plan and execute ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
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
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
STS 7201
Course Description
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
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