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Program in Science, Technology, and Society

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The core belief of STS studies is that science, technology, and society need to be understood as an integrated whole. The core philosophy of the STS undergraduate program is that an STS perspective needs to be integrated with the rest of the curriculum rather than being bracketed off as a separate entity.

Because of this philosophy, at the present we do not offer an independent major, but instead focus our undergraduate efforts on offering students a range of attractive classes (both free-standing and collaborative), a minor, a concentration, a joint major, and a double major.

The free-standing classes are intended to introduce students to the basic vocabulary and concepts of interdisciplinary STS studies, as well as to some of the fundamental disciplines that have been so important in developing STS studies. For example, we offer popular undergraduate classes in the history of science, the history of technology, and ethical issues raised by modern science and technology.

The STS Program also offers collaborative classes (sometimes joint-listed, sometimes not) that integrate an STS perspective with the subject matter featured by other departments at MIT. For example, we offer classes in collaboration with Physics and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and we are planning a first-year class that coordinates closely with the freshman science core subject 3.091.

The minor, concentration, and joint and double majors are described further in the "Undergraduate Students" part of the website.