Curriculum
Consisting of 12 courses, the program of study outlined below will be developed by each student in consultation with the concentration advisor, Anne Fausto-Sterling.
Required Courses (2 courses)
The proposed course of study would be book-ended by the following two required courses:
- SCSO 1400: Science and Society: Theories and Controversies
- SCSO 1900: Senior Seminar, also open to non-majors with the proper background.
Thematic Track (3 courses)
Having completed SC 49, students will select one thematic track from which they will select three courses:
- History & Philosophy of Science (sample track | sample track #2)
- Gender & Science (sample track)
- Race, Science & Ethnicity (sample track)
- Health & Medicine (sample track)
- Representing Science in Literature & Culture (sample track)
- Policy, Persuasion & the Rhetoric of Science (sample track)
- Environment & Society (sample track | sample track #2)
- Independent Focus (sample track)
Science Track (4 courses)
Students will take a minimum of four courses in one of the three scientific areas listed below. These courses will be sequenced such that a concentrator will move enough beyond the introductory level to gain some understanding of the world view of scientists within a chosen field. The particular sequence of courses which best meets the science requirement will be chosen in consultation with the concentration advisor. When necessary, the concentration advisor will seek guidance from faculty within the chosen science field.
- Physical sciences
- Life sciences
- Mathematics
Science Studies Theory (3 courses)
Students will take three courses with significant STS related content. Depending on which thematic track the student has chosen, the following courses in theory may be appropriate:
- HI 114: Nature, Knowledge, and Power in Early Modern Europ
- HI 119: Nineteenth-Century Roots of Modern Science
- HI 97: The Measure of All Things
- PL 159: Philosophy of Science
- AN 132: Science and Culture
- MC 15: Text/Media/Culture: Readings in Theory