Class Schedule

STS will introduce SIX new undergraduate subjects in Academic Year 2009-2010. Click here to see the descriptions, instructors and semesters offered.

Fall 2009  | Spring 2010

Undergraduate Classes for Fall 2009

 

Subject

Units

Title

Day/Time

Room

Instructor


Subjects Taught by STS Faculty

STS.003
HASS-D/5

3-0-9

The Rise of Modern Science

Tues/Thurs 2:30-4

E52-175

David Kaiser & Hanna Rose Shell

STS.005
HASS-D/5
CI-H

3-0-9

Disease and Society in America

Lec:
Tues/Thurs 11-12

Rec:
Fri 11-12, or
Fri 11-1, or
Fri 1-2


4-270

See the Subject Guide for rec. locations

David Jones

STS.025

3-0-9

Making the Modern World: The Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective (NEW)

Tues/Thurs 1-2:30

14N-112

Merritt Roe Smith

STS.032

3-0-9

Energy, Environment, and Society
(NEW)

Tues/Thurs 12-1:30

1-375

Clapperton Mavhunga

STS.072J/
17.475J
(meets with STS.435J/
17.476J)

3-0-9

Nuclear Forces and Missile Defenses

Lec: Mon 11-1
Rec 1: Mon 1-2

E51-061
E51-061

Theodore Postol

STS.076J/ 17.477J

3-0-9

Technology and Policy of Weapons Systems

Lec: Wed 11-1
Rec 1: Wed 1-2

E51-061
E51-061

Theodore Postol


Subjects Taught by other MIT Instructors

STS.065J/ 21A.360J

3-0-9

The Anthropology of Sound

Wed 1-4

16-220

Stefan Helmreich

STS.074J/ 21A.370J

3-0-9

Art, Craft, Science

Thurs 1-4

16-220

Sophia Roosth

STS.075J/ 21A.340J

3-0-9

Technology and Culture

Thurs 7 - 10 pm

16-220

Kieran Downes

STS.082J/ 17.309J
CI-H

4-0-8

Science, Technology, and Public Policy

Lec: Tues/ Thurs 9:30-11
Rec 1: Fri 9-10

2-147

E51-390

Ken Oye

Please note that STS.091 Capstone Seminar in STS Studies I will not be offered this semester.  Students pursuing a major or minor in STS may take STS.092 in the spring semester instead. Contact the Academic Administrator with any questions or concerns.

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