[Bioundgrd] Fwd: STS classes of interest for Spg 05

[Janice Chang]

>From:
>Judy Spitzer
>Undergraduate Coordinator
>Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
>
>_______________________________________________________________________
>______________________________________________________________________
>
>
>                           Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
>
>
>                      ^^^ SELECTED CLASSES OF INTEREST - Spring 2005  ^^^
>
>
>STS (Science, Technology, and Society) explores how scientists and 
>engineers influence the world and are influenced by it.  The STS 
>perspective has become of critical importance in understanding a 
>host of public issues such as privacy, democracy, environment, 
>medicine, education, and national and global security.  We hope 
>these classes will appeal to you.  (Please note that you can 
>concentrate or minor in STS.  You can also combine STS with a 
>science or engineering field to form a "joint" major [Course 21E/S] 
>or "dual" major.)
>
>
>STS.092:  "What is STS, anyway?" 
>[9 units]
>(Reading Seminar in Humanities, Sci, Tech)
>Examines the role of science and technology in a variety of settings 
>-- the courtroom, Hollywood films, the schools, the news & media, 
>the lab, the law, the marketplace.  Through case studies students 
>explore ethical, political, and social issues raised by contemporary 
>scientific and technological developments.  Esra Ozkan
>
>STS.049J:  "Technology and Gender in American History"             [12 units]
>Topics include technologies of production and consumption; the 
>effects of industrialization on sexual divisions of labor; gender 
>and identity at home and at work.  D. Fitzgerald
>
>STS.067:  "Scientific Visualization Across Disciplines" 
>[12 units]
>Exposes students to a variety of visualization techniques so that 
>they learn to understand the work involved in producing them and to 
>critically assess the power and limits of each.  J. Dumit
>
>STS.076J:  "Technology and Policy of Weapons Systems"              [12 units]
>Examines in detail the technology of nuclear weapons systems. 
>Combines the discussion of technical materials with the national 
>security policy issues raised by the capabilities of these 
>technologies.  Considers security issues from the distinct and often 
>conflicting perspectives of technologists, military planners, and 
>political leaders.  T. Postol
>
>For additional information, contact:
>Judy Spitzer
>Undergraduate Coordinator
>STS Program, MIT
>Tel. 253-4044, Room E51-194
>jspitzer at mit.edu
>_______________________________________________________________________
>_______________________________________________________________________
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/bioundgrd/attachments/20050107/4c55c855/attachment.htm