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<blockquote type="cite" cite>From:</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Judy Spitzer, STS Program</blockquote>
<div><jspitzer@mit.edu><br>
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<b>***** NEW UNDERGRADUATE SUBJECTS for
Spring 2004 *****<br>
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from the Program in Science, Technology, and Society
(STS)</b><br>
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<b>STS.S29 WHAT'S IN A MAP?<br>
</b>2-0-4<br>
Mapping is used in almost every learning activity. Understanding
how it works can improve your ability to learn new things.
Seminar examines two main questions: What is a topographic map?
and Can social systems be mapped like geographic regions?<br>
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<b>STS.092 SCIENCE AS A VOCATION</b> (Reading Seminar in
Humanities, Sci, Tech)<br>
2-0-7<br>
This seminar introduces cultural, ethical, and political issues
regarding biomedical technologies, AI, and robotics.
Supplemented with a variety of short readings from science fiction to
enlightenment thinking, it discusses the role and responsibility of
scientists and engineers today. Also explores emerging ideas on
the individual and the State to elaborate on how we view ourselves and
society in an age when scientists have become the creators of
life. <br>
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<b>STS.049J TECHNOLOGY AND GENDER IN AMERICAN HISTORY<br>
</b>3-0-9 HASS<br>
Topics include technologies of production and consumption, the
gendering of public and private space, men's and women's roles in
science and technology, the effects of industrialization on sexual
divisions of labor, gender and identity at home and at work.<br>
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<b>STS.067 SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION ACROSS
DISCIPLINES</b><x-tab> </x-tab><br>
3-0-9 HASS<br>
Drawing on scholarship in science and technology studies on
visualization, critical art theory, and core discussions in science
and engineering, students work through a series of case studies in
order to become better readers and producers of visualizations.<br>
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<b>STS.436 COLD WAR SCIENCE<br>
</b>3-0-9 G-Level Grad Credit<br>
Examines the history and legacy of the Cold War on American
science. <br>
[Open to undergraduates with permission.]<br>
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<b>STS.455 READINGS ON ENVIRONMENT</b> (formerly
"Ecocrisis or Ecomyth?")<br>
3-0-9 H-Level Grad Credit<br>
Examines the philosophical, cultural, and political assumptions that
underlie environmental discourse. <br>
[Open to undergraduates with permission.]<br>
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<b>For more information</b>, contact:</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Judy Spitzer
<jspitzer@mit.edu><br>
Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS)<br>
MIT, E51-185b, x3-4044<br>
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