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.

Please consult the individual department websites for the most up-to-date information regarding course schedules and modalities.

Virtual: a course that is completely online
Hybrid: a course that can be taken in-person or remote
In-person: a course that requires any attendance in-person/on-campus

Course Number & Title	Time Block/Mode	Instructor	Categories
Science, Technology and Society
STS 10-01 STS Reading Lab: Classification	E+, F, 10:30-11:45 AM  – Virtual	Moon Duchin	Core STS
STS 10-02 STS Reading Lab: Automation	G+, F, 1:30-2:45 PM – Virtual	Ricky Crano	Core STS
STS 10-03 STS Reading Lab: Power	I+, M, 3:00-4:15 PM – Virtual	Samantha Jo Fried	Core STS
STS 50-01 STS Lunch Seminar	F+, F, 12:00-1:15 PM – Virtual
STS 118 (PHIL 118) Philosophy of Biology	M+, MW, 6:00-7:15 PM – Virtual	Patrick Forber	Core STS
STS 136 (ANTH 136) Cultures of Computing	I+, MW, 3:00-4:15 PM – Virtual	Ricky Crano	Core STS Math, Maps, and Modeling
STS 148 (ANTH 148) Medical Anthropology	D+, TTh, 10:30-11:45 AM – Hybrid	Tatiana Chudakova	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 130 Anthropological Thought	J+, TTh, 3:00-4:15 PM	Nick Seaver	Core STS
ANTH 185-05 Seminar: The End of Work in the United States	12+, W, 6:00-9:00 PM	Alex Blanchette	General
Biology
BIO 08 Microbiology of Food	11, T, 6:30-9:00 PM	Megan Biango-Daniels	Bodies, Health, and Medicine
Classics
CLS 40 (PHIL 40) Paradoxes and Dilemmas	F+, TTh, 12:00-1:15 PM	Ricardo Strobino	Math, Maps, and Modeling
CLS 146 (HIST 150) Ancient Greek and Roman Medicine	E+, MW, 10:30-11:45 AM	Joanne Phillips	Bodies, Health, and Medicine
Community Health
CH 99-04 Power, Politics, and Health	L+, TTh, 4:30-5:45 PM	Alecia McGregor	Bodies, Health, and Medicine Science and the State
CH 107 Science and the Practice of Medicine	7, W, 1:30-4:00 PM	Richard Glickman-Simon	Bodies, Health, and Medicine Science and the State
CH 183 Hospital Systems, Too Big to Fail?	7, W, 1:30-4:00 PM	Alecia McGregor	Bodies, Health, and Medicine Science and the State
Environmental Studies
ENV 09 Food Systems: From Farm to Table	R+, MW, 9:00-10:15 AM	Cathy Stanton	Bodies, Health, and Medicine Science and the State
GIS
GIS GIS 101 (ENV 107) Introduction to GIS	E+, MW, 10:30-11:45 AM	Rebecca Shakespeare	Math, Maps, and Modeling
Philosophy
PHIL 94-04 (CVS 150-08) (FMS 94-03) Media Ethics	T+, TTh, 9:00-10:15 AM	Benedetta Giovanola	General
PHIL 167 Science before Newton's Principia	11, T, 6:30-9:00 PM	George Smith	Core STS Math, Maps, and Modeling
Sociology
SOC 94-18 Health, Disease, and History: The Coronavirus in Historical and Comparative Perspective	ARR, W, 4:00-6:30 PM	Rosemary Taylor	Bodies, Health, and Medicine
SOC 188-15 Body, Culture, and Society	2, W, 9:00-11:30 AM	Jill Weinberg	Bodies, Health, and Medicine
SOC 186 (CH 186) Seminar: International Health Policy	ARR, T, 4:30-7:00 PM	Rosemary Taylor	Bodies, Health, and Medicine Science and the State
Urban Environmental Policy and Planning
UEP 286 Environmental Ethics	7, W, 1:30-4:00 PM	Sheldon Krimsky	General

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