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STS
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.
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