An introduction to the social, historical, and ethical influences on modern science and technology. Cases include development of the atomic bomb, mechanization of the workplace, Apollo space program, and others. Readings are drawn from history, fiction, and social sciences; films and documentary videos highlight questions about the application of scientific knowledge to human affairs. The class is designed to give students freedom to develop and express their own ideas. (Cross listed as STSS- 1110. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSS-1110.) This course can be used to satisfy either humanities or social sciences distribution requirements. Fall and spring terms annually. 4 credit hours

How does science stimulate philosophical thinking and how has philosophy influenced science? This broad range of interaction is studied with special attention given to the concepts of theory, observation, and scientific method. Special attention is given to issues basic to psychology, in particular, reductionism, behaviorism, functionalism, and cognitivism. (Cross listed as PHIL-2130. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and PHIL-2130.) Fall term annually. 4 credit hours

This course details the scientific and social history of genetics, from Darwin and Mendel to the Human Genome Project. Special focus areas include: plant and animal breeding in the early twentieth century; eugenics movements in the U.S. and elsewhere; bacterial and fruit fly genetics; the development of molecular biology; the invention of recombinant-DNA technologies; the emergence of the biotechnology industry; the sociobiolo- gy controversies; genetics and evolutionary theory; and the Human Genome Project and contemporary genomics. Fall and spring annually. 4 credit hours

This course involves a philosophical analysis of some of the basic moral issues raised by recent and anticipated developments in the areas of biology and medicine. The general question "What are moral problems, and how does one resolve them?" is examined in the context of concrete cases involving issues such as abortion, euthanasia, organ transplants, experimentation on human patients, cloning, genetic engineering, behavior control and modification. (Cross listed as PHIL-2500. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and PHIL-2500.) Spring term annually. 4 credit hours

A treatment of the major events and issues in European history from the French Revolution to the eve of the First World War. The main focus is on the interplay among politics, economics, technology, and society as Europe changed from a largely agrarian to a predominantly industrial society. Annually. 4 credit hours

What are our conceptions of being a woman or a man, a daughter or a son, a wife or a husband, a mother or a father? This course attempts to answer this question from a variety of perspectives, including history, biology, social psychology, anthropology, and especially philosophy. Emphasis is placed on the potential for sexual liberation in being friends or lovers, in a marriage or a family, as well as in a career. Offered on availability of instructor. 4 credit hours

Studies With an individual faculty member on an agreed-upon topic. 4 credit hours

Studies 4 credit hours

This course examines the ethical issues that arise as a result of increasing use of (and dependence on) computers and the responsibilities of computer professionals with regard to these issues. The course stresses the ways computers challenge traditional ethical and philosophical concepts and raise old issues in a new way. Topics include codes of conduct for computer professionals, property rights in computer software, privacy, cracking, liability, and responsibility in computing. Prerequisites: STSH- 1110/STSS-1110, STSS-2400, or permission of instructor. Alternate years. 4 credit hours

This course explores the ethical issues that engineers encounter in their professional practice. It also examines social values and law and policy issues that shape 578 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS engineering and technological decision making. Using case studies, professional codes of conduct, and scholarly literature, the course examines the responsibilities of engineers in relation to their employers, clients, co-professionals, and their responsibility for public safety and welfare. Topics include the history of engineering, professionalism vs. the demands of business, engineering vs. management decision making, whistle-blowing, proprietary rights and trade secrecy, and conflicts of interest. Prerequisite: STSH-1110/STSS-1110, STSS- 2400, or permission of instructor. Alternate years. 4 credit hours

While concepts such as quality of life, environment, nature, global ecology, and the like figure heavily in contemporary discussions, they are seldom integrated into an environmental philosophy. The course tries to achieve this integration by understanding some of the religious, mythic-poetic, and scientific dimensions of the human-nature matrix. Some specific environmental problems are examined to illustrate the system of values implied by various solutions. (Cross listed as PHIL-4300. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and PHIL-4300). Prerequisite: junior or senior standing or permission of instructor. Offered on availability of instructor. 4 credit hours

What is progress in science? How has our concept of progress been influenced by science? Are there significant differences between scientific and technological revolutions? These questions are explored in order to shed light on the complex dynamics of academic and industrial research. (Cross listed as PHIL-4310. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and PHIL-4310.) Prerequisite: PHIL-1110 or PHIL-2130/STSH-2130. Fall term alternate years. 4 credit hours

This course examines the forefronts of genetics and biotechnology, and their social and ethical implications, through multiple lenses: writings of scientists and science fiction writers, and historians, philosophers, and anthropologists of the life sciences. Topics may include: genetic testing and gene therapy; sports medicine; cosmetic psychopharmacology; patents and intellectual property; transgenic organisms; organ transplants and artificial organs; stem cell research; genetic enhancement; artificial life; cloning; and other related topics. Prerequisites: any STS course, or permission of the instructor. Spring term annually. 4 credit hours

This course explores the roots and consequences of change in India, examining recent economic reforms, technologi- cal development, environmental crisis, increasing religious fundamentalism, poverty, population growth, and trends in literature, film, and art. The objective of the course is to provide students with a nuanced understanding of how social, cultural, and political-economic factors interact, com- plicating efforts to build sustainable modes of governance in the Third World. Fall term alternate years. 4 credit hours

A general introduction to Latin American culture: history from the colonial era to the present; Afro-American, Native American, and Euro-Latin cultures as portrayed in literature and ethnography; and current issues, such as race and racism and development and the local populations. (Cross listed as STSS-4580. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSS-4580.) Prerequisite: one H&SS course or permission of instructor. Offered on availability of instructor. 4 credit hours

Design research is used by firms to identify opportunities for strategic innovation that originate in people's unspoken needs and desires. This course introduces these methods and uses them to explore the tacit experience of users and designers. A central focus is on the role of design in shaping cognition and action. Students hone observational and interpretation skills on topics such as intelligent spaces, the nature of fun, emotion and everyday artifacts. Prerequisite: STSS-1510 or permission of the instructor. Fall term annually. 4 credit hours

The course examines the following questions: What is law? What is the relationship between law and morality? Is there a moral obligation not to break the law? Detailed examination is given to the concepts of liberty, justice, responsibility, and punishment. (Cross listed as PHIL-4740. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and PHIL-4740.) Prerequisite: one philosophy or STS course or permission of instructor. Offered on availability of instructor. 4 credit hours

A study, taking advantage of the university's locale, about industrialization as one important component in the development of American culture. Topics such as water for transportation and energy sources, architectural and engineering developments in conjunction with industrial growth, and social and political problems arising out of 19th-century industrialization are considered. Each student must keep a journal and is required to undertake a project and report findings in class. Classes are complemented by frequent, usually short, field trips to appropriate sites that are agreed upon by instructor and students. Prerequisite: one college-level course in American history or permission of instructor. Fall term annually. 4 credit hours

the 20th Century (American Architecture and Artifacts, 1700-1850) An attempt to understand the elements that have entered into the formation of the American culture, and therefore an attempt to understand the American culture itself. This is accomplished by a visual study of the architecture and artifacts of America during its formative period. Each student must keep a journal and is required to undertake a research project and report the findings to the class. Classes are complemented by frequent, usually short, field trips at times agreed upon by instructor and students to appropriate sites. Prerequisite: a college-level course in American history or permission of instructor. Spring term alternate years. 4 credit hours

An attempt to grasp the meaning of the Middle Ages as a time of spiritual insight and experience sandwiched between the Classical and Renaissance ages of reason. This is accomplished by a visual study of the architecture, sculpture, and painting of the period. The medieval culture offers insights into the contemporary experience. Each student must keep a journal and is required to undertake a research project and report the findings to the class. Classes are complemented by frequent, usually short, field trips at times agreed upon by instructor and students to appropriate sites. Prerequisite: a college-level course in American history or permission of instructor. Spring term alternate years. 4 credit hours

Internships This course offers an insight into the public policy process from the vantage point of a part-time internship in the public or private sector as well as an opportunity to explore a career option before actually embarking upon it. The following is a partial list of the large number of possible internships: airport planning, architecture, banking, biological research, clinical psychology, computer science, consumer protection, corporate management, engineering, environmental planning, geology, local government, mate- rials and mechanical engineering, noise pollution abatement, personnel management review, premedical, public finance and taxation, public health management, public relations, social work, state legislature, stock market, transportation planning, and urban planning. (Cross listed as STSS-4800. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSS-4800.) Prerequisites: STSH-1110/STSS- 1110; IHSS-1960; or permission of instructor. Fall and spring terms annually. 4 credit hours

Studio V PDI studio 5 focuses on an enriched sense of program and user needs definition through methodologies of the humanities and social sciences. Studio projects, presentations and readings explore the relation of race, class, and gender to technology, and the potential of design to address societal problems. The course has often focused on incorporating information technology in educational tools for low-income primary school students. Prerequisites: ARCH-2200, ENGR-2020, IHSS-2500, and ENGR-2050. Fall term annually. 4 credit hours

Seminar: Selected Topics In seminar style, all participants have the opportunity to choose materials/topics and lead discussions. General topic varies each time the seminar is offered. We emphasize our own relationships in the community of science and technology studies. Restricted to S&S majors. Spring term annually. 4 credit hours

Society Selected topics in science and society to meet the needs of science and society majors. Previous courses offered include Technology, Minorities, and Women; Birth and Death; Fraud and Misconduct in Science; Utopian Thought; Engineering and Society: The Art of Design; Nature/Nurture Controversies; and Warfare: Social Dimensions. Prerequisite: any 2000-level STS course or consent of instructor. 4 credit hours

Studies With an individual faculty member on an agreed-upon topic. 4 credit hours

Studies 4 credit hours

Ordinarily consists of independent research, supervised by a faculty member, culminating in a written thesis. A creative endeavor such as a videotape or computer program may be substituted with departmental permission. Restricted to S&S majors with senior standing. Fall, spring, and summer terms annually. 4 credit hours

This course examines the ways in which policy decisions are influenced by values and the ways in which values and value issues are affected by policy decisions. Normative concepts and theories including theories of social justice, the role of individual autonomy, democratic process, and paternalism are examined for their implications for social policies. Case studies of particular policy controversies are used. Spring term annually. 3 credit hours

This course focuses on the role of the inquirer in inquiry, the relationship between language and inquiry, and the organizational and institutional contexts of inquiry. The emphasis in this course is on the methods of inquiry used in the humanities in relationship to STS problems. Required of STS doctoral students, other students by permission. Alternate years. 3 credit hours

An historical overview of the contrast between universal and local theories of knowledge. Readings begin with classic philosophy (Descartes, Hume, Kant, etc.), and the break from these universalist frameworks through modernist theories for cross-cultural comparison of knowledge systems (indigenous, national, folk, etc.). These in turn are critiqued through postmodern cultural theory, including popular culture studies, cyberculture, and postcolonial studies. Annually. 3 credit hours

Conducted in conjunction with STSH-4300, with additional graduate-level readings and assignments. Offered on the availability of instructor. 3 credit hours

Studies With an individual faculty member on an agreed-upon topic. 3 credit hours

Studies 3 credit hours

Active participation in a semester-long project, under the supervision of a faculty adviser. A Professional Project often serves as a culminating experience for a Professional Master's program but, with departmental or school approval, can be used to fulfill other program requirements. With approval, students may register for more than one Professional Project. Professional Projects must result in documentation established by each department or school, but are not submitted to the Graduate School and are not archived in the library. Grades of A,B,C, or F are assigned by the faculty adviser at the end of the semester. If not completed on time, a formal Incomplete grade may be assigned by the faculty adviser, listing the work remaining to be completed and the time limit for completing this work. STSS Science and Technology Studies-- Social Sciences Credit (HSSS) (For Science and Technology Studies-Humanities Credit, see STSH.) STSS-1110 Science, Technology, and Society An introduction to the social, historical, and ethical influences on modern science and technology. Cases include development of the atomic bomb, mechanization of the workplace, Apollo space program, and others. Readings are drawn from history, fiction, and social sciences; films and documentary videos highlight questions about the application of scientific knowledge to human affairs. The class is designed to give students freedom to develop and express their own ideas. (Cross listed as STSH-1110. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSH-1110.) This course can be used to satisfy either humanities or social sciences distribution requirements. Fall and spring terms annually. 4 credit hours