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Classes
STS 1102
Course Description
From Frankenstein to The Matrix, science fiction and film have depicted contemporary science, technology, and medicine for almost two centuries. This course introduces students to historical and social ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 1620
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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: Seeing the City through Cinema
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Abbott, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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: Understanding Bodies
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Domingues, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
STS 2061
Course Description
Politicians, scientists, and citizens worldwide face many environmental issues today, but they are neither simple nor straightforward. Moreover, there are many ways to understand how we have, do, and could ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2061, PHIL 2960
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Parrenas, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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STS 2071
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2071, HIST 2710
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Seth, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Seth, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Seth, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Seth, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Seth, S
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Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Seth, S
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Instruction Mode: Online
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STS 2381
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2881
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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
- MWF Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Pritchard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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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 medical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2468, BSOC 2468, FGSS 2468
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Langwick, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
STS 2750
Course Description
This seminar offers an introduction to the humanities by exploring the historical, cultural, social and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SHUM 2750
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Science in Human Culture
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Abrams, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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STS 2812
Course Description
An introduction to the history and theory of writing systems from cuneiform to the alphabet, historical and new writing media, and the complex relationship of writing technologies to human language and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2812, CLASS 2812, LING 2212, NES 2812, SHUM 2812, VISST 2812
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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
- MWF Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Kirk, A
Sansom, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Eiseman, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
The waitlist for this class can be found here: https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5orYYlZ2KywVy85
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Tamarkin, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
STS 3042
Course Description
This course will examine the politics of technology, with an emphasis on dual use technologies such as social media, artificial intelligence, and facial recognition. It will look at political consequences ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3042
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Kreps, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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: AMST 3185, BSOC 3181, HIST 3181
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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
- WF Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Slayton, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
STS 3241
Course Description
Humans have fraught relationships with the animals, plants, land, water—even geological processes—around us. We come together to revere, conserve, protect the things many call nature. We struggle over ... 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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Zinda, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
STS 3440
Course Description
The next generation of thinkers will need a firm grasp on the practices and values implicated in designing and using data science tools. The class will sensitize students from the social sciences, humanities, ... 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
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Hilgartner, S
Ziewitz, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Ziewitz, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Course not open to Freshmen.
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STS 3601
Course Description
Studies ethical issues involved in engineering practice. Explores the engineer's role in technical decision-making in organizations. Considers the engineer's relationship to the uses of technology in society, ... 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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Doing, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
STS 3651
Course Description
Psychoanalysis considers the human being not as an object of treatment, but as a subject who is called upon to elaborate an unconscious knowledge about what is disrupting her life, through analysis of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3781, COML 6783, FGSS 3651, FREN 3560, FREN 6561, GERST 3561, ROMS 3560
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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 Bill and Melinda Gates Hll G01
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
McNulty, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3781, FGSS 3651, FREN 3560, GERST 3561, ROMS 3560
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
McNulty, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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
Regular Academic Session.
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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
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Hilgartner, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
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
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
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
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Lewenstein, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
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
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Pinch, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
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
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
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
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Pritchard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
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
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Sengers, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
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
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Seth, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
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
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Ziewitz, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
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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STS 4040
Course Description
Automated scoring systems play an increasingly important role in ordering our lives. Whether we want to obtain a loan, rent an apartment, be found in search results, qualify for government assistance, ... 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
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Ziewitz, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Approved application required prior to enrollment. For more information and application details, please visit https://dueprocess.sts.cornell.edu/
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STS 4200
Course Description
This course will address a wide range of information policy issues such as privacy, security, antitrust, intellectual property, algorithmic fairness, net neutrality, risk mitigation strategies, and other ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COMM 4201, INFO 4200
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Mitrano, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
Sengers, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Warren Hall B25
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
Sengers, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Plant Science Building 233
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
Sengers, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
Sengers, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
Sengers, P
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Instruction Mode: Online
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
Sengers, P
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Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
Sengers, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
Sengers, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
Sengers, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
Sengers, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Csikszentmihalyi, C
Sengers, P
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
STS 4280
Course Description
Human bodies are inescapably enmeshed in our environments: human health and environmental health are inseparable. But human bodies are not equally impacted by environmental degradation and toxicity. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4280, BSOC 4280
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
LeBlanc, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
STS 4451
Course Description
This course focuses on what happens when science meet the policy-making world. We will discuss theoretical and empirical studies in Science & Technology Studies that analyze the interactions between ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 4451
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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
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Online Meeting
Washington, DC - Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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F
Online Meeting
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.
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STS 4650
Course Description
In this advanced course, students will use their knowledge and analytical skills to explore complex value-laden issues in contemporary healthcare and health policy debate. Case studies and news stories ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 4650
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Overby, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Prerequisite: BSOC/STS 2051 or permission of instructor.
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STS 4661
Course Description
Explores the structure, meanings, and implications of "public communication of science and technology" (PCST). Examines the contexts in which PCST occurs, looks at motivations and constraints of those ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COMM 4660
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Lewenstein, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
STS 4691
Course Description
Multidisciplinary course dealing with the social and environmental impact of food production in the United States and developing countries. Agroecosystems of various kinds are analyzed from biological, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIOEE 4690, BSOC 4691
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Power, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Enrollment limited to 20 students.
STS 4699
Course Description
Recent years have seen a boom in ways to use technology in order to learn about and improve the self. This course examines contemporary cultural orientations toward technology by exploring how medieval ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4626, ENGL 4909, SHUM 4660, SHUM 6660, STS 6699
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Lears, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
STS 4721
Course Description
This course focuses on issues of conflict, peace, and reconciliation in Israel and the Palestinian Territories as well as Sub-Saharan Africa. Both regions exemplify how issues ranging from nationalism ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4721, DSOC 4721, GOVT 4723, IARD 4721, JWST 4721, NES 4721
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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
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R
Online Meeting
Washington, DC - Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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R
Online Meeting
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program. Essay required for selective admission to field-trip.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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 6261
Course Description
A seminar on the global historiography of technology. Typical topics include industrialization; military science and technology; science and engineering in corporate settings; engineering as a profession; ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 6190
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Pritchard, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
STS 6301
Course Description
Sociologist C. Wright Mills challenged his readers to develop their "sociological imagination" to understand the social and historical forces at work in seemingly individual events, such as the receipt ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 6301
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Department Consent Required (Add)
STS 6699
Course Description
Recent years have seen a boom in ways to use technology in order to learn about and improve the self. This course examines contemporary cultural orientations toward technology by exploring how medieval ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4626, ENGL 4909, SHUM 4660, SHUM 6660, STS 4699
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Lears, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
STS 6991
Course Description
Applications and information are available in 303 Morrill Hall. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 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
Regular Academic Session.
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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 Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Hilgartner, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 7937, HIST 7937
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Online Meeting
- Feb 8 - May 14, 2021
Instructors
Slayton, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online