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	Course Title & Modality	Instructor
STS Lunch Seminar Series
STS 50	STS Lunch Seminar Series	Samantha Jo Fried
Core STS
STS 10-01	Reading Lab: Classification	Samantha Fried
STS 10-02	Reading Lab: Life	Benjamin Wolfe, Tatiana Chudakova, Christian Ross
STS 12 / HIST 12	Global History of Science, Technology & Medicine	Alistair Sponsel
STS 33 / MUS 58	Music, Technology and Digital Culture	Joseph Auner
STS 108 / SOC 108	Epidemics	Rosemary Taylor
STS 116 / PHIL 116	Philosophy of Science	George E. Smith
STS 136 / ANTH 136	Cultures of Computing	Nick Seaver
STS 195 / SOC 195	Seminar: Politics, Policies, and Risk in Science and Technology	Rosemary Taylor
General
STS 33 / MUS 58	Music, Technology and Digital Culture	Joseph Auner
STS 12 / HIST 12	Global History of Science, Technology & Medicine	Alistair Sponsel
STS 116 / PHIL 116	Philosophy of Science	George E. Smith
STS 149 / ANTH 151	Experimental Cultures	Tatiana Chudakova
ANTH 189	How to Pay Attention	Nick Seaver
CS 139	Ethics for AI, Robotics & HRI	Matthias Scheutz
CS 183	Privacy in the Digital Age	Josephine Wolff
EC 117 / CVS 172	Economics of Social Interactions	Yannis M. Ioannides
ENG 160 / ENV 160	Environmental Justice and World Literature	Modhumita Roy
PHIL 130	Moral Psychology	Patrick Forber
UEP 194-02	GMOS and Sustainable Agriculture	Sheldon Krimsky
I. Bodies, Health, and Medicine Track
STS 108 / SOC 108	Epidemics	Rosemary Taylor
ANTH 153	Medicine, Bodies, and Minds in South Asia	Sarah Pinto
ANTH 189	How to Pay Attention	Nick Seaver
CLS 176-01	Ancient Medicine Seminar: Topics in Ancient Medicine and its Transmission	J. Phillips
II. Science and the State Track
STS 108 / SOC 108	Epidemics	Rosemary Taylor
STS 150-01 / CVS 151-01	Civic Science, Expertise, and Public Engagement	Christian Ross
ANTH 28	Anthropology of Capitalism	Alex Blanchette
CS 28	Cybersecurity & Cyberwarfare	Ming Chow
CS 139	Ethics for AI, Robotics & HRI	Matthias Scheutz
EC 191-1	Urbanization in the Developing World	Anna Hardman
ENV 135-01	Environmental Policy	Ninian Stein
ENV 135-02	Environmental Policy	Eva H. Birk
PS 160	Force, Strategy, and Arms Control	Jeffrey Taliaferro
SOC 114	Environmental Sociology	Caleb Scoville
UEP 194-02	GMOS and Sustainable Agriculture	Sheldon Krimsky
UEP 221	Climate Change Policy and Planning	Amy Laura Cahn
III. Math, Maps, and Modeling Track
STS 11 / ENE 10	Deconstructing Engineering Design: Defining problems and creating solutions in context	Desen Ozkan and Nicole Batrouny
STS 136 / ANTH 136	Cultures of Computing	Nick Seaver
EC 117 / CVS 172	Economics of Social Interactions	Yannis M. Ioannides
GIS 101	Introduction to GIS	Alexandra M. Thorn

To register for a class, go directly to SIS.