Science & Technology Studies (STS)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

STS 1101

From global warming to surveillance of citizens to health-care reform, issues in science, technology, and medicine are also political issues. This course uses contemporary scientific controversies to explore ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Three Week - Three.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  1182 STS 1101   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Jul 14 - Aug 1, 2025
    • Abrams, E

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

  •  1183 STS 1101   DIS 201

    • T
    • Jul 14 - Aug 1, 2025
    • Abrams, E

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

  •  1184 STS 1101   DIS 202

    • T
    • Jul 14 - Aug 1, 2025
    • Abrams, E

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

  •  1185 STS 1101   DIS 203

    • T
    • Jul 14 - Aug 1, 2025
    • Abrams, E

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

  •  1186 STS 1101   DIS 204

    • T
    • Jul 14 - Aug 1, 2025
    • Abrams, E

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

  •  1187 STS 1101   DIS 205

    • T
    • Jul 14 - Aug 1, 2025
    • Abrams, E

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

STS 1105

When you think of climate change, what do you see? Do you picture images of polar bears or of displaced peoples? Do you imagine politicians in pressed suits or scientists in lab coats? Each of these images ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Three Week - Second. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1181 STS 1105   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Jun 23 - Jul 11, 2025
    • Lieberman, J

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

STS 1180

Evolution is the central concept in biology. This course examines evolution as a science and places it in a historical context. Course focuses on descent with modification, the nature of natural selection, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Three Week - Second.  Combined with: BIOEE 1180

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1461 STS 1180   LEC 001

    • MTWRF
    • Jun 23 - Jul 11, 2025
    • Graffin, G

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Synchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

STS 1451

A course in the social history of medicine that examines the ways in which medicine and its practitioners have impacted-and been impacted by-American social, political, cultural, and economic development. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Three Week - Three. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  1180 STS 1451   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Jul 14 - Aug 1, 2025
    • Lieberman, J

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

STS 2851

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Six Week Summer.  Combined with: COMM 2850

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1469 STS 2851   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Jun 23 - Aug 1, 2025
    • Bera, S

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.

STS 3241

Humans have fraught relationships with the animals, plants, land, water—even geological processes—around us. In this course, we will examine how people make and respond to environmental change and how ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Three Week - First.  Combined with: GDEV 3240SOC 3240

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  1479 STS 3241   LEC 001

    • MTWRF
    • Jun 2 - Jun 20, 2025
    • Correa Sanchez, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.