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Classes
STS 1101
Course Description
From global warming to surveillance of citizens to health-care reform, issues in science, technology, and medicine also are political issues. This course uses contemporary scientific controversies to explore ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 262
Instructors
Roebuck, C
STS 1123
Course Description
This seminar explores the ways in which Technology and Society shape one another and provides the opportunity to write extensively about this mutual shaping. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Technology, Markets, and Materiality
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- MW Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3343
Instructors
Kagliwal, B
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
STS 1126
Course Description
This seminar explores the ways in which Science and Society shape one another and provides the opportunity to write extensively about this mutual shaping. Topics vary by section. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Food-Flix and Chill
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Morrill Hall 423
Instructors
Harrison, R
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Writers of the Near Future Inc,Training Module
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G88
Instructors
Ekinci, M
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
STS 1201
Course Description
This course investigates the ethical, legal, and policy foundations of contemporary information technology. Through lectures, readings, discussions, and short assignments, we will address contemporary ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: INFO 1200
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Uris Hall G01
Instructors
Jackson, S
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- F Hollister Hall 368
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Jackson, S
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- F Phillips Hall 213
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Jackson, S
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- F Hollister Hall 312
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Jackson, S
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- F Snee Hall Geological Sci 1150
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Jackson, S
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- F Phillips Hall 213
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Jackson, S
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- F Phillips Hall 213
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Jackson, S
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- F Phillips Hall 213
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Jackson, S
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- F Phillips Hall 213
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Jackson, S
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- R Hollister Hall 312
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Jackson, S
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- R Hollister Hall 312
Instructors
Jackson, S
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- F Phillips Hall 407
Instructors
Jackson, S
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- F Phillips Hall 407
Instructors
Jackson, S
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STS 2061
Course Description
Politicians, scientists, and citizens worldwide face many environmental issues today, but they are neither simple nor straightforward. Moreover, there are many ways to understand how we have, do, and could ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2061
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Caldwell Hall 100
Instructors
Doing, P
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
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- W Rockefeller Hall 127
Instructors
Doing, P
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Department Consent Required (Add)
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- W Rockefeller Hall 127
Instructors
Doing, P
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
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- W Rockefeller Hall 127
Instructors
Doing, P
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Department Consent Required (Add)
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- W Rockefeller Hall 127
Instructors
Doing, P
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Department Consent Required (Add)
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- W Rockefeller Hall 127
Instructors
Doing, P
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Department Consent Required (Add)
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- W Rockefeller Hall 127
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Doing, P
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
STS 2451
Course Description
Bioethics is the study of ethical problems brought about by advances in the medical field. Questions we'll discuss may include: Is it morally permissible to advance a patient's death, at his or her request, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2455
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
Instructors
Markovits, J
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Class Number & Section Details
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
Markovits, J
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- F Rockefeller Hall 127
Instructors
Staff
STS 2468
Course Description
Medicine has become the language and practice through which we address a broad range of both individual and societal complaints. Interest in this "medicalization of life" may be one of the reasons that ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2468, BSOC 2468, FGSS 2468
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Mcgraw Hall 165
Instructors
Hodzic, S
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Class Number & Section Details
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- R Uris Hall 369
Instructors
Staff
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- R Uris Hall G24
Instructors
Staff
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- R Uris Hall G22
Instructors
Sari, E
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- R McGraw Hall 365
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Staff
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- F Rockefeller Hall 127
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Staff
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- F Rockefeller Hall 128
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Staff
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 348
Instructors
Staff
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- F Uris Hall 438
Instructors
Staff
STS 2470
Course Description
Digital technology has been a part of modern life in the U.S. since the Cold War. A growing population of users works, plays, become politically active and fight-off boredom through digital technology. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2470, LSP 2470
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall B16
Instructors
Chaar Lopez, I
STS 2841
Course Description
This course explores what has been termed "the modern plague."Â It investigates the social history, cultural politics, biological processes, and global impacts of the retrovirus, HIV, and the disease syndrome, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 2841, ANTHR 2021, BSOC 2841, FGSS 2841, LGBT 2841
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 202
Instructors
Roebuck, C
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Additional Information
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STS 2851
Course Description
Environmental problems, public health issues, scientific research-in each of these areas, communication plays a fundamental role. From the media to individual conversations, from technical journals to ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COMM 2850
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Plant Science Building 233
Instructors
Porticella, N
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STS 3241
Course Description
Humans have fraught relationships with the animals, plants, land, water—even geological processes—around us. We come together to revere, conserve, protect the things many call nature. We struggle over ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: DSOC 3240, SOC 3240
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Warren Hall 173
Instructors
Zinda, J
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Additional Information
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STS 3561
Course Description
Computers are powerful tools for working, playing, thinking, and living. Laptops, PDAs, webcams, cell phones, and iPods are not just devices, they also provide narratives, metaphors, and ways of seeing ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 3061, COMM 3560, INFO 3561, VISST 3560
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Malott Hall 253
Instructors
Ziewitz, M
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Additional Information
Course not open to Freshmen.
STS 3601
Course Description
Studies ethical issues involved in engineering practice. Explores the engineer's role in technical decision-making in organizations. Considers the engineer's relationship to the uses of technology in society, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ECE 3600, ENGRG 3600
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Hollister Hall 320
Instructors
Doing, P
STS 3651
Course Description
Psychoanalysis considers the human being not as an object of treatment, but as a subject who is called upon to elaborate an unconscious knowledge about what is disrupting her life, through analysis of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3781, FGSS 3651, FREN 3560, GERST 3561, ROMS 3560
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall 106
Instructors
McNulty, T
STS 3719
Course Description
This course will explore the relationship between DNA and Jewish life. We will conceive of Jews and Judaism broadly, in terms of religious, ethnic, and national discourses as we consider theories of kinship ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3719, JWST 3719, RELST 3719
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Lincoln Hall 107
Instructors
Rock-Singer, C
STS 3991
Course Description
Applications for research projects are accepted by individual STS faculty members. Students may enroll for 1–4 credits in STS 3991 with written permission of the faculty supervisor and may elect either ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Dear, P
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Hilgartner, S
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Kline, R
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Lewenstein, B
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Lynch, M
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Pinch, T
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Prentice, R
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Pritchard, S
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Rossiter, M
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- TBA
Instructors
Sengers, P
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
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Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TBA
Instructors
Seth, S
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Additional Information
To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm
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STS 4451
Course Description
This course focuses on what happens when science meet the policy-making world. We will discuss theoretical and empirical studies in Science & Technology Studies that analyze the interactions between ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 4451
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Washington, DC
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.
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STS 4541
Course Description
Hurricanes. Guns. Zika. Contaminated food. Climate change. Hazardous chemicals. Accidents. Cyber warfare. We live in a hazardous world of uncertainty, surrounded by claims about risks, some sounding the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Rockefeller Hall 185
Instructors
Hilgartner, S
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
STS 4561
Course Description
Evaluation is a pervasive feature of contemporary life. Professors, doctors, countries, hotels, pollution, books, intelligence: there is hardly anything that is not subject to some form of review, rating, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: INFO 4561, SOC 4560
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Statler Hall 441
Instructors
Ziewitz, M
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
STS 4634
Course Description
During Europe's colonial era, the modern museum emerged as a site of cultural and scientific authority. This course investigates the history of imperial collections and collectors, with a focus on Britain ... view course details
STS 4650
Course Description
This is an advanced course in biomedical ethics. Students will use their knowledge and analytical skills to explore complex value-laden issues in contemporary healthcare and health policy debate. Current ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 4650
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- T Rockefeller Hall B15
Instructors
Overby, K
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Additional Information
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STS 4661
Course Description
Explores the structure, meanings, and implications of "public communication of science and technology" (PCST). Examines the contexts in which PCST occurs, looks at motivations and constraints of those ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COMM 4660
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Plant Science Building 141
Instructors
Lewenstein, B
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Additional Information
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STS 4721
Course Description
This course focuses on issues of conflict, peace, and reconciliation in Israel and the Palestinian Territories as well as Sub-Saharan Africa. Both regions exemplify how issues ranging from nationalism ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4721, DSOC 4721, GOVT 4723, IARD 4721, JWST 4721, NES 4721
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Washington, DC
Instructors
Leuenberger, C
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Additional Information
Taught in Washington, DC. This is part of the Cornell in Washington program.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
STS 4911
Course Description
Chinese discourses have long linked the circulation of cosmic energies, political power, and bodily vitalities. In these models political order, spiritual cultivation, and health are achieved and enhanced ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4429, BSOC 4911, CAPS 4931, HIST 4931, HIST 6931, RELST 4931
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- M Kroch, Carl A Library B59
Instructors
Hinrichs, T
STS 4992
Course Description
Students must register for the 4 credits each semester (BSOC 4991-BSOC 4992) for a total of 8 credits. After the first semester, students receive a letter grade of "R"; a letter grade for both semesters ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 4992
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
STS 6020
Course Description
How are information technology and digital infrastructure reshaping global development? Conversely, how are distinctive conceptions of development shaping the construction of information infrastructure? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: DSOC 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Meeting Pattern
- W Warren Hall 173
Instructors
Goldstein, J
Slayton, R
STS 6311
Course Description
In this Graduate seminar we will discuss the nature, politics and basic assumptions underlying qualitative research. We will examine a selection of qualitative methods ranging from interviewing, oral history, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SOC 6310
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Rockefeller Hall 187
Instructors
Pinch, T
STS 6634
Course Description
During Europe's colonial era, the modern museum emerged as a site of cultural and scientific authority. This course investigates the history of imperial collections and collectors, with a focus on Britain ... view course details
STS 6991
Course Description
Applications and information are available in 303 Morrill Hall. view course details
STS 7937
Course Description
The Proseminar in Peace Studies offers a multidisciplinary review of issues related to peace and conflict at the graduate level. The course is led by the director of the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace ... view course details