Courses

The following courses from departments and programs around the university will count for credit towards an STS degree. Core STS courses are considered to be foundational for the STS degree. General STS courses weave together multiple themes in the field. Finally, some courses are designated in belonging to one or more of the three Tracks of Study (Track I: Bodies, Health, and Medicine; Track II: Science and the State; Track III: Mathematics and Modeling).

The degree information page explains how these categories relate to the degree requirements.

Prerequisites may vary and course sizes may be limited; refer to the individual department websites for details on each course.

Course Number & Title	Time Block	Instructor	Categories
Science, Technology and Society
STS 10-01 STS Reading Lab: Life	E+, F, 10:30-11:45 AM	Patrick Forber	Core STS Bodies, Health, and Medicine
STS 33 (MUS 33) Music, Technology, and Digital Culture	H+, TR, 1:30-2:45 PM	Joseph Auner	Core STS
STS 50-01 STS Lunch Seminar Series	D+, F, 12:00-1:15 PM	Staff
STS 118 (PHIL 118) Philosophy of Biology	L+, TR, 4:30-5:45 PM	Patrick Forber	Core STS
STS 136 (ANTH 136) Cultures of Computing	I+, MW, 3:00-4:15 PM	Ricky Crano	Core STS Mathematics and Modeling
STS 148 (ANTH 148) Medical Anthropology	F+, TR, 12:00-1:15 PM	Sarah Pinto	Core STS Bodies, Health, and Medicine
Anthropology
ANTH 24 Anthropology of the Environment	G+, MW, 1:30-2:45 PM	Alex Blanchette	Core STS Bodies, Health, and Medicine
ANTH 174 Thinking with Plants: Plants, People and Society	6, T, 1:30-4:00 PM	Tatiana Chudakova	Bodies, Health, and Medicine Science and the State
Biology
BIO 08 Microbiology of Food	11, T, 6:30-9:00 PM	Benjamin Wolfe	Bodies, Health, Medicine
Classics
CLS 91 Ancient Mathematics	E, MWF, 10:30-11:20 AM	Anne Mahoney	Mathematics and Modeling
Community Health
CH 106 Health, Ethics, and Policy	5, M, 1:30-4:00 PM	Keren Ladin	Core STS Bodies, Health and Medicine
CH 107 Science and the Practice of Medicine	7+, W, 1:20-4:20 PM	Richard Glickman-Simon	Bodies, Health, and Medicine
CH 188-03 Too Big to Fail? Hospitals and the Changing Landscape	7, W, 1:30-4:00 PM	Alecia McGregor	Bodies, Health, and Medicine
Computer Science
COMP 50-01 Cyberlaw and Cyberpolicy	J+, TR, 3:00-4:15 PM	Susan Landau	Science and the State
English
ENG 91-02 Feminist Science Fictions	E+, MW, 10:30-11:45 AM	Sonia Hofkosh	General
Environmental Studies
ENV 09 Food Systems	E+, MW, 10:30-11:45 AM	Cathy Stanton	Bodies, Health, and Medicine Science and the State
ENV 135 Environmental Policy	H+, TR, 1:30-2:45 PM	Ninian Stein	Science and the State
GIS
GIS 101 Introduction to GIS	L+, TR, 4:30-5:45 PM	Sumeeta Srinivasan	Mathematics and Modeling
Mathematics
MATH 10-01 An Introduction to Wealth Inequality	R+, MW, 9:00-10:15 AM	Bruce Boghosian	Mathematics and Modeling
Philosophy
PHIL 91-02 Media Ethics	F+, TR, 12:00-1:15 PM	Benedetta Giovanola	General
PHIL 134 Philosophy of Social Science	G+, MW, 1:30-2:45 PM	Brian Epstein	General
PHIL 167 Science before Newton's Principia	11, T, 6:30-9:00 PM	George Smith	Core STS Mathematics and Modeling
Political Science
PS 138-03 Politics Of Oil & Energy	G+, MW, 1:30-2:45 PM	Nimah Mazaheri	Science and the State
Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning
UEP 286 (PHIL 195-01) Environmental Ethics	7, W, 1:30-4:00 PM	Sheldon Krimsky	General

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