[Bioundgrd] Fwd: New STS Classes in Spring 04

[Janice Chang]

>From:
>Judy Spitzer, STS Program
<jspitzer at mit.edu>

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>***** NEW  UNDERGRADUATE  SUBJECTS  for  Spring  2004 *****
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>from the Program in Science, Technology, and Society  (STS)
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>STS.S29   WHAT'S IN A MAP?
>2-0-4
>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?
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>STS.092   SCIENCE AS A VOCATION (Reading Seminar in Humanities, Sci, Tech)
>2-0-7
>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. 
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>STS.049J   TECHNOLOGY AND GENDER IN AMERICAN HISTORY
>3-0-9 HASS
>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.
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>STS.067   SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATION ACROSS DISCIPLINES
>3-0-9 HASS
>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.
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>STS.436   COLD WAR SCIENCE
>3-0-9  G-Level Grad Credit
>Examines the history and legacy of the Cold War on American science. 
>[Open to undergraduates with permission.]
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>STS.455   READINGS ON ENVIRONMENT (formerly "Ecocrisis or Ecomyth?")
>3-0-9  H-Level Grad Credit
>Examines the philosophical, cultural, and political assumptions that 
>underlie environmental discourse. 
>[Open to undergraduates with permission.]
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>For more information, contact:
>Judy Spitzer   <jspitzer at mit.edu>
>Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
>MIT,  E51-185b,  x3-4044
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