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Classes
STS 1121
Course Description
Why do so many women and minority students drop out of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields? Is this true at Cornell, the Alma Mater of so many top-ranked scientists (including ... view course details
FWS 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
- TR Rockefeller Hall 110
Instructors
Rossiter, M
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
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: Witches, Exorcists and Scientists
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Rockefeller Hall 110
Instructors
Price, J
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Scientific Subject: Intersectional Feminist
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- TR Rockefeller Hall B15
Instructors
Avron, L
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
STS 2051
Course Description
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
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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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
University Common Course.
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- F Rockefeller Hall B16
Instructors
Prentice, R
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- F Rockefeller Hall 110
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Prentice, R
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- F Rockefeller Hall 112
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Prentice, R
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- F Rockefeller Hall 110
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Prentice, R
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- F Rockefeller Hall 128
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Prentice, R
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- F Rockefeller Hall B16
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Prentice, R
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- F Rockefeller Hall B16
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Prentice, R
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- F Rockefeller Hall 128
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Prentice, R
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STS 2131
Course Description
Science fiction, as Fredric Jameson put it, is "the only kind of literature that can reach back and colonize reality." Today more than ever, when science and technology have penetrated everyday life in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: 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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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
Banerjee, A
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- R Rockefeller Hall B16
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Staff
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- R Rockefeller Hall 105
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Staff
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- F Rockefeller Hall B15
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Staff
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 348
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Staff
STS 2468
Course Description
Medicine has become the language and practice through which we address a broad range of both individual and societal complaints. Interest in this "medicalization of life" may be one of the reasons that ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2468, BSOC 2468
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Warren Hall 151
Instructors
Langwick, S
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- R White Hall B14
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Staff
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- R Uris Hall G88
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Staff
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- F McGraw Hall 365
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- R Morrill Hall 102
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Staff
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- R Rockefeller Hall B15
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Staff
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- F Rockefeller Hall B15
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Staff
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- F Morrill Hall 110
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- F Malott Hall 205
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Staff
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 144
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Staff
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- F McGraw Hall 145
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Staff
STS 2851
Course Description
Environmental problems, public health issues, scientific research-in each of these areas, communication plays a fundamental role. From the media to individual conversations, from technical journals to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COMM 2850
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Plant Science Building 233
Instructors
Tallapragada, M
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
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW M Van Rensselaer Hall G73
Instructors
Hilgartner, S
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Additional Information
Course open to Sophomore, Junior and Senior students.
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- F Mcgraw Hall 165
Instructors
Hilgartner, S
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- F Lincoln Hall 107
Instructors
Hilgartner, S
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- F Morrill Hall 107
Instructors
Hilgartner, S
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STS 3181
Course Description
This course explores the history, sociology, and ethics of risk. In particular, we will focus on the complex and often ambiguous relationship between science, technology, and risk. A historical perspective ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 3181, HIST 3181
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MWF White Hall 110
Instructors
Pritchard, S
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Additional Information
Freshman not permitted to enroll.
STS 3241
Course Description
The course examines the relationships between human populations and the environment, with an emphasis on the importance of demographic change in shaping the natural environment. We will examine a variety ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: DSOC 3240, SOC 3240
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Warren Hall B50
Instructors
Giroux, S
STS 3321
Course Description
This course investigates the genealogy of the multiple technologies of identification that emerged in the last two centuries in different parts of the world. Traditional forms of identification, such ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3221, SOC 3330
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 115
Instructors
Ragas, J
STS 3411
Course Description
This course surveys the history of engineering in Europe and the United States from the Roman Empire to the present. We will focus on selected cases to examine how both the profession and activity ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3411
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 128
Instructors
Johnson, A
STS 3561
Course Description
Computers are powerful tools for working, playing, thinking, and living. Laptops, PDAs, webcams, cell phones, and iPods are not just devices, they also provide narratives, metaphors, and ways of seeing ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3061, COMM 3560, INFO 3561, VISST 3560
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Hollister Hall 110
Instructors
Ziewitz, M
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Additional Information
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STS 3601
Course Description
Studies major ethical and social issues involved in engineering practice. The issues include responsibility for designing products that do not harm public health, safety, and welfare; rights of engineers ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECE 3600, ENGRG 3600
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Hollister Hall 312
Instructors
Doing, P
STS 3991
Course Description
More information and applications available in 306 Rockefeller Hall. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Dear, P
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Hilgartner, S
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TBA
Instructors
Kline, R
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Additional Information
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TBA
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TBA
Instructors
Lewenstein, B
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Additional Information
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TBA
Instructors
Lynch, M
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Additional Information
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TBA
Instructors
Pinch, T
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TBA
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TBA
Instructors
Pritchard, S
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Additional Information
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TBA
Instructors
Rossiter, M
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Additional Information
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TBA
Instructors
Sengers, P
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Additional Information
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TBA
Instructors
Seth, S
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TBA
Instructors
Vogel, K
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Additional Information
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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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- W Rockefeller Hall B15
Instructors
Pinch, T
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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. 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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- TR Phillips Hall 101
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Doing, P
STS 4311
Course Description
A cliche among medical professionals says, "If you have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." In other words, treatment decisions often are dictated by available technologies. This course looks at ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4311, BSOC 4311
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- T Rockefeller Hall 187
Instructors
Prentice, R
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STS 4411
Course Description
This senior seminar offers an intensive research and reading experience in the philosophy of medicine, considering, in particular, questions about what physicians know, how that knowledge informs current ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 4411, PHIL 2961
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- W Rockefeller Hall B15
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Johnson, A
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Additional Information
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STS 4441
Course Description
A one-semester survey of women's role in science and engineering from antiquity to the present, with special emphasis on the United States in the 20th century. Readings include biographies and autobiographies ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 4440
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- M Rockefeller Hall 110
Instructors
Rossiter, M
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
STS 4621
Course Description
Climate change has brought the Polar Regions to the forefront of domestic and international politics. This course will use the Arctic and Antarctic as a lens through which to examine how technological ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 4367, HIST 4376
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall 124
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Berry, D
STS 4992
Course Description
Students must register for the 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
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 Graded(Letter grades only)
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 124
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Pritchard, S
STS 6561
Course Description
Valuation is a pervasive feature of contemporary life. Professors, universities, hotels, markets, movies, user experience, intelligence - almost everything is subject to some form of review, rating, or ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: INFO 6561
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- W Hollister Hall 362
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Ziewitz, M
STS 6661
Course Description
In recent years, the scientific community has increasingly referred to "public engagement in science." This seminar explores the scholarly literature addressing that move; the links between "public engagement" ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COMM 6660
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- T Fernow Hall G01
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Lewenstein, B
STS 6991
Course Description
Applications and information are available in 306 Rockefeller Hall. view course details
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
Regular Academic Session.
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4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- F Rockefeller Hall 183
Instructors
Hilgartner, S