SCHEDULE OF COURSES

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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Descriptions of all STS courses

Note: for 497 Special Topics courses, please see the semester schedule above and click on the course number there.

NEW Courses

• STS/HIST 151 Technology and Social Change in America
  
  
  • In conjunction with next year's Moments of Change initiative on the turn of the 20th century, the STS and program and the Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH) will offer a special version of STS 151 in Fall 2008.
    
    This is an exciting opportunity for undergraduate students to receive GS (Social and Behavioral Sciences) and US (United States Cultures) General Education credit, while being involved in the hands-on creation of modules that illustrate the groundbreaking technology of 1889-1914.
    
    For more information, click on the flyer to the right.
    
    
• STS/HIST 124 History of Western Medicine has been approved by the Faculty Senate for the 2008-09 academic year. Please watch for its first offering.
• STS/WMST 416 Race, Gender & Science has been approved by the Faculty Senate for the 2008-09 academic year. Please watch for its first offering.
• Steve Walton offers STS476 Technology & War in the Spring of 2008
• Harry West offers STS297A Structures and Society, on the history of buildings most Spring semesters
• Dary Farber offers STS297B Technology & Globalization in the Spring of 2008
  
  
• STS245 Technology, Globalization, & Ethics is pending Senate approval.

COURSE WEB PAGES and example SYLLABI

• STS 100 - The Ascent of Humanity
  • 2007Sp - Bauchspies • Mathes • Silverman
  • 2004-06 - Walton
• STS 101 - Modern Science, Technology & Human Values
  • 2004-2006 - Ballenger
• STS 107 - Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology
  • 2007Sp - Bauchspies
• STS 150 - Out of the Fiery Furnace
• STS200 - Critical Issues in Science and Technology
  • 2007Sp - Scheinke
• STS 297A - Integrative Medicine & Society
  • 2004 - Slaweki
• STS297B - Technology and Globalization
  • 2006Fa - Bauchspies
  • 2007Sp - Walton
• STS407 - Science, Technology, and Human Values
  • 2005F - Walton
• STS 420 - Energy & Modern Society
  • Eser
• STS 430/Nutrition 430, Global Food Strategies
  • 2005 - Blair
• STS 490 - Peace Seminar
  • 2007Sp - Bauchspies
• STS 497A - Environment & Public Policy
  • Eser
• STS 497B - Technology & War
  • 2004Sp -Walton
• STS 497G - Community Food Security
  • 2005Fa - Blair

Selected past courses & projects

• Why you should use Compact Fluorescent Lighting (CFL)
• ComTech 296T: Technologies Around the World
• Comparative Global Technologies