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: Math, Maps, 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: Energy	E+ F, 10:30-11:45 AM	Samantha Jo Fried	Core STS
STS 10-02 STS Reading Lab: Information	G+, F, 1:30-2:45 PM	Ricky Crano	Core STS
STS 10-03 STS Reading Lab: Models	F+ T, 12:00-1:15 PM	Amy Becker, Sarah Hladikova	Core STS Math, Maps, and Modeling STS
STS 32 (ANTH 32) Introduction to the Anthropology of Science and Technology	I+, MW, 3:00-4:15 PM	Nick Seaver	Core STS General
STS 50-02 STS Lunch Seminar Series	F+, F, 12:00-1:15 PM	STS Faculty
STS 116 (PHIL 116) Philosophy of Science	(02) H+, TR, 1:30-2:45 PM	George Smith	Core STS General
STS 150-01 Introduction to the Theory and Technology of Mapping	J+, TR, 3:00-4:15 PM	Heather Rosenfeld	Core STS Math, Maps, and Modeling
STS 195 (SOC 195) Politics, Policies, and Risk in Science and Technology	ARR, T, 4:30-7:00 PM	Rosemary Taylor	Core STS Science and the State
Anthropology
ANTH 20 Global Cities	K+, MW, 4:30-5:45 PM	Cathy Stanton	Science and the State General
ANTH 30 Food, Nutrition, and Culture	E+, MW, 10:30-11:45 AM	Alex Blanchette & Zarin Machanda	Bodies, Health, and Medicine
ANTH 149-06 Fiber and Fashion	6, T, 1:30-4:00 PM	Alex Blanchette	General
ANTH 174 Thinking with Plants: Plants, People and Society	5, M, 1:30-4:00 PM	Tatiana Chudakova	Bodies, Health, and Medicine Science and the State
ANTH 185-04 Science and Society in South Asia	11+, T, 6:00-9:00 PM	Sarah Pinto	Core STS
ANTH 189 How to Pay Attention	1, T, 9:00-11:30 AM	Nick Seaver	Bodies, Health, and Medicine General
Classics
CLS 15 (MATH 15) Mathematics in Antiquity	E, MWF, 10:30 - 11:20 AM	Anne Mahoney	Math, Maps, and Modeling
CLS 176 Ancient Medicine Seminar	E+, MW, 10:30-11:45 AM	Joanne Phillips	Bodies, Health, and Medicine
Community Health
CH 99-03 Power, Politics and Health in the US and Abroad	L+, TR, 4:30-5:45 PM	Alecia McGregor	Bodies, Health, and Medicine
CH 183 Hospital Systems, Too Big to Fail?	7, W, 1:30-4:00 PM	Alecia McGregor	Bodies, Health, and Medicine
Computer Science
COMP 50-01 (PS 188-03) Cyber Security & Cyber Warfare	D+, TR, 10:30-11:45 AM	Jeffrey Taliaferro & Ming Chow	Science and the State
COMP 150-04 Ethics for AI, Robotics & Human-Robot Interaction	ARR, M, 6:00-8:30 PM	Thomas Arnold	Science and the State General
COMP 155-01 Privacy in the Digital Age	ARR, M, 3:20-5:20 PM	Susan Landau	General
Economics
EC 117 The Economics of Social Interactions and Social Networks	E+, MW, 10:30-11:45 AM	Yannis Ioannides	Math, Maps, and Modeling General
EC 191-01 Urbanization in the Developing World	8, R, 1:30-4:00 PM	Anna Hardman	Science and the State
English
ENG 160 (ENV 160) Environmental Justice and World Literature	E+ MW, 10:30-11:45 AM	Modhumita Roy	General
GIS
GIS 101 Introduction to GIS	(01) G+, MW, 1:30-2:45 PM (02) H+, TR, 1:30-2:45 PM	(01) Rebecca Shakespeare (02) Alexandra M. Thorn	Math, Maps, and Modeling
Music
MUS 165 Sound Studies and Sound Art	0, M, 9:00-11:30 AM	Joe Auner	General
Philosophy
PHIL 124 Bioethics	7, W, 1:30-4:00 PM	Valentina Maria Urbanek	Bodies, Health, and Medicine
Political Science
PS 160 Force, Strategy, and Arms Control	J+, TR, 3:00-4:15 PM	Jeffrey Taliaferro	Science and the State
Sociology
SOC 108 Epidemics: Plagues, Peoples & Politics	I+, MW, 3:00-4:15 PM	Rosemary Taylor	Core STS Bodies, Health, and Medicine
SOC 188-17 Seminar: Body, Culture and Society	7, W, 1:30-4:00 PM	Jill Weinberg	Bodies, Health, and Medicine
Urban Environmental Policy and Planning
UEP 194-02 GMOs, Organic Food & Sustainable Agriculture	ARR, W, 4:00-6:30 PM	Sheldon Krimsky	Science and the State General

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