Science & Technology Studies (STS)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

STS 1126

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: “Body” in Medicine & Healing

  •  2331 STS 1126   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Chaudhuri, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: “Body” in Medicine & Healing

  •  2332 STS 1126   SEM 102

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Chaudhuri, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: FWS: Social Studies of Medicine

  •  2333 STS 1126   SEM 103

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Chaudhuri, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

STS 2023

This course centers Black women who have often described their reproductive health experiences as fighting for our lives. While grounded in an exploration of Black women 's experiences in the US, this ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8171 STS 2023   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

STS 2031

This introductory course provides students with a critical understanding of diverse data practices across cultures and histories, incorporating critical multidisciplinary perspectives from Science and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2031

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 10652 STS 2031   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Wang, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you're unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/a7GEXmBQrDGPoFku6.

STS 2051

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

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

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10606 STS 2051   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited by College to: seniors, juniors, and sophomores; first-year students by permission of instructor. If you're unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/TtkQ18p4xbPmsg5b7.

  • 10607 STS 2051   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10608 STS 2051   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10609 STS 2051   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10610 STS 2051   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10611 STS 2051   DIS 205

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10612 STS 2051   DIS 206

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10613 STS 2051   DIS 207

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10614 STS 2051   DIS 208

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10615 STS 2051   DIS 209

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10616 STS 2051   DIS 210

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

STS 2071

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2071HIST 2710

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10625 STS 2071   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you're unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/Hu1JhEdXCGUEMyr7A.

  • 10626 STS 2071   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10627 STS 2071   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10628 STS 2071   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10629 STS 2071   DIS 204

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18448 STS 2071   DIS 205

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18451 STS 2071   DIS 206

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

STS 2381

In 1919, journalist John Reed published Ten Days That Shook the World about the 1917 Russian Revolution. Some events are so transformative, Reed argued, they change the course of history. This class examines ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2881

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 10640 STS 2381   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pritchard, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you're unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/56Uzq5H9edPKHvqXA.

STS 2561

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

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2262BSOC 2561CAPS 2262HIST 2562

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12160 STS 2561   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hinrichs, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12161 STS 2561   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12162 STS 2561   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

STS 2810

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2811

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12306 STS 2810   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Schneider, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COMM 3020

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7848 STS 3020   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Guruianu, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: seniors, juniors, and sophomores.

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.  Combined with: BSOC 3111GDEV 3111SOC 3130

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 10617 STS 3111   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Leuenberger, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    If you're unable to enroll, please add yourself to the waitlist: https://forms.gle/5VyxwpXPo3aLzF8m8.

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: none
  •  3888 STS 3311   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Wolf, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3889 STS 3311   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Wolf, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3890 STS 3311   DIS 204

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Wolf, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3891 STS 3311   DIS 205

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Wolf, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3892 STS 3311   DIS 206

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Wolf, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

STS 3605

Computing is ubiquitous in modern life, and essential to professional work in engineering and many other disciplines. However, computing technologies, especially artificial intelligence, raise distinctive ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGRG 3605PHIL 2473

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6690 STS 3605   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Goetze, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10571 STS 3991   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Langwick, S

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10572 STS 3991   IND 605

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Ratcliff, J

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10573 STS 3991   IND 606

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Lewenstein, B

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10574 STS 3991   IND 609

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Prentice, R

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10575 STS 3991   IND 610

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pritchard, S

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10576 STS 3991   IND 612

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sengers, P

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10577 STS 3991   IND 613

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Seth, S

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10578 STS 3991   IND 614

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Ziewitz, M

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10579 STS 3991   IND 615

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Parrenas, J

  • 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.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10580 STS 3991   IND 616

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Slayton, R

  • 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.

STS 4005

The medical profession and the scientific field of biomedicine enact a form of power that is pervasive in contemporary society. Medicine has created inequalities in who has access to increasingly expensive ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18701 STS 4005   SEM 101

    • R
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

STS 4292

This course examines the politics of technology since 1960 with a focus on the United States. Each week we will watch a significant feature film from the period that addresses an issue in the politics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4292

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10654 STS 4292   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hilgartner, S

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hilgartner, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

STS 4721

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Syllabi: none
  • 10644 STS 4721   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Leuenberger, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

STS 4902

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4902COML 6902STS 6902

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7692 STS 4902   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Banerjee, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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 at ... view course details

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

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 10622 STS 4991   RSC 701

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

STS 4992

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BSOC 4992

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 10624 STS 4992   RSC 701

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

STS 6061

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 6065

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10642 STS 6061   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Ratcliff, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

STS 6400

This required seminar for the new graduate minor in media studies considers media from a wide number of perspectives, ranging from the methods of cinema and television studies to those of music, information ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  9626 STS 6400   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Ma, S

      Vaziri, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

STS 6902

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4902COML 6902STS 4902

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7681 STS 6902   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Banerjee, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

STS 6991

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10581 STS 6991   IND 602

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Jackson, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10582 STS 6991   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hilgartner, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10583 STS 6991   IND 604

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kline, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10584 STS 6991   IND 605

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Leuenberger, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10585 STS 6991   IND 606

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Lewenstein, B

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10586 STS 6991   IND 607

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Lynch, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10587 STS 6991   IND 609

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Prentice, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10588 STS 6991   IND 610

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pritchard, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10589 STS 6991   IND 611

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Slayton, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10590 STS 6991   IND 612

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sengers, P

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10591 STS 6991   IND 613

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Seth, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10592 STS 6991   IND 615

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

STS 7005

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 will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  • 10650 STS 7005   SEM 101

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pritchard, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

STS 7006

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Multi-Term

  • 10651 STS 7006   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Wang, Y

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10593 STS 7111   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Ziewitz, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

STS 7937

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 7937HIST 7937

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10284 STS 7937   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Slayton, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person