Courses for the Ph.D. Minor in STS

Core STS Courses

• STS 901, Ph.D. Seminar: Science, Technology, and Medicine in Society
• STS 902, Research Seminar and Colloquium Series

Science, Technology, and Civic Affairs

• Environmental Studies/Journalism and Mass Communication/Life Sciences Communication 860, Science and Environment Communication
• Industrial Engineering/Nuclear Engineering/Rural Sociology 708, Societal Risk Management of Technological Hazards
• Journalism and Mass Communication/Life Sciences Communication 960, Seminar: Science and Environmental Communication
• Law 905, Bioethics and the Law
• Law 906, Law, Science & Biotechnology
• Library and Information Studies 663, Introduction to Cyberlaw
• Library and Information Studies 863, International Cyberlaw and Policy
• Nuclear Engineering 571, Economic and Environmental Aspects of Nuclear Engergy
• Philosophy 565, Ethics of Modern Biotechnology
• Political Science 512, Science and Government
• Public Affairs 866, Global Environmental Governance
• Public Affairs 859, Globalization, Technological Change, and Regulatory Harmonization

Social Perspectives on Science, Technology, and Medicine

• Anthropology 365, Medical Anthropology
• Anthropology/Gender and Women's Studies 443, Anthropology by Women
• Anthropology/Medical History and Bioethics 678, Global AIDS: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
• Gender and Women Studies 530, Biology and Gender
• Gender and Women Studies 533, Special Topics in Women and Health
• Medical History & Bioethics 728 Bioethics and Society
• Rural Sociology/Sociology 612, Agriculture, Technology, and Society
• Rural Sociology/Sociology 610, Knowledge and Society
• Rural Sociology/Sociology 745, Sociological Perspectives on Science and Technology
• Sociology 637, Sociology of Science
• Sociology 773 Intermediate Sociological Theory
• STS/Sociology 311 Biotechnology and Society
• STS 611,Gender, Science, and Technology

Historical Perspectives on Science, Technology, and Medicine

• History of Science 720, Proseminar: Historiography and Methods
• History of Science 903, Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century Science
• History of Science 905, Seminar: Modern Physical Science
• History of Science 907, Seminar: History of Technology
• History of Science 909, History of Biology and Medicine
• History of Science 911, Seminar: Eighteenth Century Science
• History of Science 913, Seminar: Social Aspects in the Development of Science
• History of Science 915, Seminar: Science in America
• History of Science 919, Graduate Studies in Medical History
• STS/Environmental Studies/History of Science/Medical History and Bioethics 513/713. Environment and Health in Global Perspective

Philosophical Perspectives on Science, Technology, and Medicine

• Philosophy 519, Philosophy of Mathematics
• Philosophy 520, Philosophy of Natural Science
• Philosophy 521, Philosophy of Social Science
• Philosophy 523, Philosophy of Biology
• Philosophy 524, Philosophy and Economics
• Philosophy 554, Philosophy of the Artificial Sciences
• Philosophy 556, Topics in Feminism and Philosophy
• Philosophy 558, Ethical Problems Raised by Biomedical Technology
• Philosophy 920, Seminar in Philosophy of Science