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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Judy Spitzer<br>
STS Program, MIT<br>
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<b> MIT Program in Science,
Technology, and Society (STS)<br>
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Undergraduate Classes of Interest<br>
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being offered in Fall 2004<br>
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--<b> STS.021 "History, Society, and Solid State
Chemistry"<br>
</b>(12 units,<b> CI-H</b>)<br>
Topics include the public sphere, the Nobel Prize, trust, discovery
credit, law and regulation, risk, large technical systems, science
fiction, gender and race, material culture, and high culture.<br>
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-- STS.091 <b> "What is Mental Health, and Why Do We
Want It?"<br>
</b>[Reading Sem in Humanities, Sci, Tech] (9 units)<br>
Why is the science of mental illness so difficult, and so
contentious? What is it like to BE mentally ill? In what
ways is the expression of mental illness culturally and historically
bound?<br>
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-- STS.036 <b> "Industrial
Landscapes"</b> <br>
(12 units)<br>
Topics include the changing shape of cities and farms, land-use
patterns, the redesign of water systems, the construction of
roads/dams/bridges/irrigation systems, the creation of national parks,
ideas about wilderness, and the role of nature in an industrial
world.<br>
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-- STS.048 <b> "African Americans in Science,
Technology, and Medicine"<br>
</b>(12 units)<br>
Topics include the eugenics movement, the Tuskegee Syphilis
Experiment, the debate surrounding racial inheritance, and IQ
testing.<br>
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-- STS.086j <b> "The Anthropology of
Computing"<br>
</b>(12 units)<br>
Examines computers anthropologically, as highly meaningful tools and
artifacts revealing the social and cultural orders that produce
them.<br>
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-- STS.085 / 6.805 <b> "Ethics and Law on the
Electronic Frontier"<br>
in conjunction
with Harvard Law School's: "Digital Democracy"<br>
</b>(3-0-9) [Thursday 2-3:30pm at MIT & Tuesday 3-5pm
at Harvard Law School]<br>
Prerequisites: 6.001, 6.033 or equivalent.<br>
The Harvard sessions will consider the impact of technology on power
relationships among governments, organizations and individuals.
The MIT sessions will consider the policy and technology of privacy,
and provide background in policy and law relevant to internet
issues.<br>
Classes will be interactive seminar format, with frequent writing
assignments. Class space is limited due to requirements of the
Law School. Enrollment by permission of instructor. In
awarding places, first priority will go to those who request places
this spring. ***To request a place, send email to Prof. Hal
Abelson <hal@mit.edu>***. Additional information will
appear over the summer on the course Web page: <a
href="http://mit.edu/6.805">http://mit.edu/6.805</a><br>
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For additional information on STS classes, please contact<br>
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Judy Spitzer<br>
Undergraduate Coordinator<br>
Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS)<br>
E51-194, MIT<br>
617-253-4044; jspitzer@mit.edu<br>
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