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Rensselaer Catalog 2018-2019 [Archived Catalog]
Courses
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PHYS 6990 - Master’s Thesis
Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a master’s thesis. Grades of S or U are assigned by the adviser each term to reflect the student’s research progress for the given semester. Once the thesis has been presented, approved by the adviser, and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education, it will be archived in a standard format in the library.
Credit Hours: 1 to 9
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PHYS 9990 - Dissertation
Active participation in research, under the supervision of a faculty adviser, leading to a doctoral dissertation. Grades of IP are assigned until the dissertation has been publicly defended, approved by the doctoral committee, and accepted by the Office of Graduate Education to be archived in a standard format in the library. Grades will then be listed as S.
Credit Hours: Variable
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PSYC 1200 - General Psychology
An introduction to psychology. Topics covered vary with instructor but may include physiological bases of behavior, sensation, perception, learning, memory, child and adult development, motivation, personality, psychological disorders, social behavior. Introduction to basic methods of psychological research is a course requirement that can be met in several ways (described during the first class meeting). There is a significant experiential component that varies with the instructor but will include interactive computer stimulations, class demonstrations, group projects.
When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 2100 - Critical Thinking
This course provides tools for the identification, analysis, and evaluation of the various patterns of reasoning as they occur in the real world. Patterns of reasoning include deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, scientific reasoning, statistical reasoning, and causal reasoning. The course also covers some basic psychology and sociology of reasoning and belief, and concludes with a critical discussion of science and the scientific method.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as PHIL 2100. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and PHIL 2100.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 2120 - Introduction to Cognitive Science
This course is an introduction to the new and quickly growing field of Cognitive Science which studies the various aspects of cognition, including reasoning, learning, memory, and perception and action. Cognitive Science is a highly interdisciplinary field of study at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, and anthropology, and the course hosts a number of guest lectures given by experts in these respective fields.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as PHIL 2120. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and PHIL 2120.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 2220 - Human Factors in Design
This course provides a broad introduction to the theories and principles of human performance, man-machine interfaces, and systems designs. It also emphasizes the applications of these theories and principles to the design of controls, work space, data entry devices, training systems, and the human-computer interface.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 2310 - Research Methods and Statistics I
This course, the first in a two-course sequence, provides an introduction to basic methods of behavioral and social science research, including experimental, quasi-experimental and non-experimental research designs, psychometric considerations (e.g., reliability, validity, control, importance, levels of measurement), approaches to data collection and analysis, and communication of results. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the topics covered by writing a detailed research proposal formatted according to American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines. Students will also gain experience in using a selection of parametric (e.g., correlation, simple and multiple regression, ANOVA) and non-parametric (e.g., Chi-square Test of Independence, Mann-Whitney U, Wilcoxon T, Kruskal-Wallis, Friedman’s ANOVA) statistical procedures. Data analysis will be carried out using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: PSYC 1200 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 2600 - Moral Development
An analysis of psychological research on how our common sense moral beliefs develop from early childhood through old age, and their application to daily problems. A major focus is on the conflict between themes of justice or individual rights and caring compassion and its relation to gender differences (the Kohlberg/Gilligan debate).
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: PHIL 2600; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and PHIL 2600.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 2730 - Social Psychology
This is a survey course covering theories, methods, and empirical research on personal and situational factors influencing social behavior. Topics covered include social perception, the construction of social reality, decision making, group influences on behavior, and attitudes. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 2800 - Introduction to Sports Psychology
An introduction to psychology as applied to sport; the topics covered include history of sport behavior, principles of learning and their application, anxiety and arousal, motivation, leadership, cohesion, audience effects, aggression, personality assessment, female athletes, youth in sport, coach behavior, and physical activity for all.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4110 - Motivation and Performance
This course encompasses a broad spectrum of theories concerned with the biological, psychological, and social components of motivation. Throughout the course, students relate theoretical issues to both recent research evidence and potential practical applications to enhance performance. Group projects, focus group discussions, and interactive guest speakers are used to establish links between theory and performance.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4160 - Human Factors Seminar
A comprehensive, project-oriented survey of special topics in human factors. Applied, experimental, and/or field research will be required.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 2220 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Upon sufficient demand.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4170 - Professional Development II: Leadership Theories
This course examines the major theories of leadership, as well as provides the opportunity to apply these theories to actual or symbolic leaders. Students wishing to become effective managers or leaders will benefit from this course, since the focus is on providing students with information about the traits, behaviors, power and influence, and charisma of effective leaders.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGR 2050. Restricted to junior and senior engineering majors.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 2
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PSYC 4200 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology
A broad introduction to the field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Topics covered include personnel selection, job analysis, training, performance appraisal, work-related attitudes, employee motivation, leadership, decision making, and organizational theory.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4260 - Psychological Tests and Measurements
Methods, techniques, and instruments for measuring individual differences are surveyed. Topics include representative methods of test construction, a critical analysis of representative tests, criteria for evaluating and selecting tests, and the value and limitations of tests.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4310 - Research Methods and Statistics II
This course is the second in a two-semester sequence on research methods and statistics in the behavioral sciences. Students will learn how to analyze data using multiple regression, analysis of variance, factor analysis, principal component analysis, and multi-level linear modeling. Additional procedures (e.g., structural equation modeling, alternatives to null hypothesis significance testing) will be covered if time permits. Students will also gain proficiency with the R programming language and software environment for statistical computing. Each student will carry out a research project and prepare a formal report that comports with the guidelines from the American Psychological Association. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200 and/or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4320 - Behavioral Neuroscience
This course is an introduction to the role of physiological mechanisms in behavioral processes. There will be detailed examination and discussion of the involvement of biological systems in feeding and drinking, sexual behavior, sleep and arousal, learning and memory, psychopathology and psychopharmacology.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200 or PHIL/PSYC 2120.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4340 - Human Sexuality
This course provides biological, cultural, historical, and psychological perspectives of sexuality. Basic information on human development and reproductive physiology is provided. In addition, current topics such as marriage, alternate lifestyles, contraception, and pornography are discussed. Small group focus discussions, media-based discussions, and interactive guest speakers are used to link course material to responsible sexuality and understanding of diversity.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4370 - Cognitive Psychology
The focus of this course is on the flow of information from sensory input to retrieval from long-term memory. Within this framework, topics such as mnemonics, pattern recognition, attention, computer simulation, reasoning, and the relationship between culture and thought are discussed.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200 or PHIL/PSYC/COGS 2120.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4400 - Personality
Modern theories of personality are presented and compared. Using these theories, students analyze the processes by which people cope with intrapsychic, interpersonal, and institutional demands. Evidence on adaptive processes from clinical, field, and laboratory studies is evaluated. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4410 - Sensation and Perception
What are the processes that allow humans to detect information about their surroundings, recognize people and objects, and perceive depth and motion? This course will focus on the physiological and neural mechanisms underlying sensation (sight, hearing, and touch), the qualitative aspects of human perceptual experience, and how perception and action are interconnected. Color perception, object recognition, space and motion perception, and perception and action are all examined.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200 or PHIL/PSYC 2120.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4450 - Learning
The first half of this course is devoted to presentation of traditional theories of learning. Classical and operant conditioning and single-subject methodology are studied in depth. During the second half of the course, students apply their knowledge of operant conditioning principles in the context of a group-based field study.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4500 - Drugs, Society, and Behavior
This course is an exploration of the social and psychological effects of extensive use of pharmacological agents that are salient to daily behavior. There is an emphasis on the effects of addictive drugs such as alcohol, heroin, and cocaine.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4510 - Cognitive Modeling
Cognitive modeling investigates human cognition by developing computational systems that simulate cognitive processes. Cognitive modeling grew out of Cognitive Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. Cognitive models are used in a number of basic and applied domains including Human-Computer Interaction, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Computer-Generated Forces, and Synthetic Characters. In this course, students will develop models in ACT-R (a unified theory of cognition) that simulate recent findings in cognitive psychology.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: PSYC 1200 or PHIL/PSYC 2120 and CSCI 2300. Recommended: CSCI 4150 and/or PSYC 4370 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4620 - Cognitive Engineering
Covers cognitive theory from an applied perspective to understand and predict the interactions among human cognition, artifact (i.e. tools), and task. Cognitive task analysis techniques will be taught and used throughout the course, as well techniques for collecting and analyzing fine-grained behavioral data. Topics covered may include visual search and visual attention, cognitive skills and its acquisition, hard and soft constraints on interactive behavior, human error, soft constraints on judgment and decision-making, and experts and expertise.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC/PHIL 2120 or PSYC 4370 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: COGS 4620. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and COGS 4620.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4700 - Hormones, Brain, & Behavior
This course will examine hormone and brain/behavior relationships across the lifespan. Hormones are molecules that are secreted by glands (the majority of which are located outside the brain) and have distal effects on their targets, such as the brain, throughout development. A focus will be on hormones’ effects, mechanisms, and brain regions of interest for behavior and cognitive processes, such as perception, learning/memory, social cognition, motivation, and emotion.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: COGS 4700.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4720 - Abnormal Psychology
The definition, history, major schools of thought, and models of the normal and abnormal personality are presented. Disorders are examined within the framework of D.S.M. and competing schools of thought. The description, etiology, treatment, including pharmacologic, and prevention of each of the disorders are considered. Illustrative cases are presented. Students write a paper on a topic, approved by the instructor, that focuses upon the impact of public policies on psychopathology.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4730 - Positive Psychology
Positive Psychology is the scientific study of human happiness, well-being, and strength of character. This course takes an empirical approach to helping individuals use the science of flourishing to enhance their lives. Resiliency, the ability to adapt to stress and adversity, will be emphasized. Students will learn about coping techniques of resiliency to effectively navigate through life situations.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites/Corequisites or Restrictions: General Psychology.
When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4740 - Psychology and The Law
Since the 1950’s, social science researchers have turned their attention to the courtroom, in order to test theories of human behavior in a real world application. Are the basic assumptions underlying the practice of law in this country valid, given what psychologists know about the fundamentals of human behavior? This course will provide students with instruction regarding how the study of psychology can contribute to a better understanding of the legal system. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4750 - Forensic Psychology
A practical introduction to the field of forensic psychology, a domain within psychology concerned with the production and application of psychological knowledge to the civil and criminal justice systems. This course explores the many ways in which psychological principles play an increasingly important role in influencing various processes and outcomes associated with the field of law.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 4740.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4770 - Psychopharmacology and Behavioral Toxicology
This course is a detailed examination of the neuroscience and psychology inherent to the development of pharmacological agents for treating psychopathology. There is also an exploration of chemicals that are toxic to the brain as manifested by induction of psychopathology.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4800 - Sport Psychology Seminar
This course expands on topics covered in Introduction to Sport Psychology. Students in the course will work in small groups to identify and read literature in a course-relevant area of their choice. In addition to weekly written progress reports, students will prepare a final report that must be presented orally in class.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200, PSYC 2800, or permission of instructor. Maximum enrollment: 24.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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PSYC 4940 - Readings in Psychology
An individually arranged independent study course under the supervision of a member of the Psychology Department. The topic is selected by consultation between student and faculty member.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200 and/or permission of supervising faculty member.
Credit Hours: 1 to 4
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PSYC 4960 - Topics in Psychology
An advanced course concerned with selected topics in psychology.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSYC 1200 or permission of instructor.
Credit Hours: 1 to 4
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PSYC 4990 - Undergraduate Thesis
Students conduct original scholarly projects: original research, theoretical or analytical reviews of the literature, or computer simulations. Working either alone or in groups, students prepare written reports relating to this project, under the supervision of a faculty member. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Permission of a supervising faculty member.
When Offered: Fall, spring, and summer terms annually.
Credit Hours: 3 to 6
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STSH 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. This is a communication-intensive course.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Cross Listed: STSS 1110; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSS 1110.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 2320 - Environment and Law
This is an introductory environmental law and policy course, with emphasis on the practical use and application of legal concepts.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 2940 - Readings in Science and Technology Studies
With an individual faculty member on an agreed-upon topic.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 2960 - Topics in Science and Technology Studies
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 4120 - How to Read the New York Times
This is a course in critical media literacy. The theory and practice of critical media literacy is exolored by learning social scientific and humanistic models, approaches, and techniques for making sense of the news (and other media), newswriting, and newsgathering, and through daily reading of the New York Times. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: one 1000- or 2000-level HASS course.
When Offered: Summer term annually.
Cross Listed: STSS 4120; students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 4210 - Engineering Ethics
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 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.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: STSH 1110/STSS 1110, STSS 2400, or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 4250 - Bioethics
This course explores historical perspectives on bioethics through concrete cases and practical problems faced in the design and execution of some of the highest profile biomedical research and most consequential clinical decisions of the twentieth century. Topics include vaccine development; human radiation experiments; new genetic and reproductive technologies; right-to-die, death-with-dignity, and physician-assisted suicide; human experimentation, including prisoners, the sick, and the disabled; neuroethics; animal research; and emergent topics such as stem cell research, prenatal diagnostics, and genetic testing. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: STSH/STSS 1110.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 4300 - Sustainability Careers
Advancing environmental sustainability will depend on many kinds of expertise. In this course, students will explore the evolving terrain of green jobs and diverse sustainability-oriented career pathways that leverage the expertise they have developed through their undergraduate studies. The course provides students the opportunity to conduct research that examines where sustainability-oriented work is being done and how people with varied expertise are making a contribution.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: STSS 2300 Environment and Society or permission of the instructor
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 4310 - Energy Politics
Through lectures and in-class discussions, this course explores the history, domestic and international politics, policy, philosophy, economics, environmental consequences, media coverage of, and alternatives to, the U.S. addiction to fossil fuels. Students, who may earn either humanities or social science credit, maintain analytical blogs with twice-weekly posts or write and present semester-length research papers, take a midterm exam and a comprehensive final exam. This is a communication-intensive course. Satisfies the PD II Requirement.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: STSH/S 1110 or STSS 2300 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term even-numbered years.
Cross Listed: Cross listed with STSS 4310; students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 4340 - Environmental Philosophy
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.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Cross Listed: Cross listed as PHIL 4300. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and PHIL 4300.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 4430 - Drugs in History
This course teaches basic historical, anthropological, and sociological concepts that can be used to make sense of a wide variety of contemporary phenomena students encounter in everyday life. The focus is on analyzing how licit and illicit drugs serve as “technologies” within specific social contexts or subcultures; what drug policy reveals about social, political, and economic organization; and the impacts of biomedical knowledge and practice on specific population groups. The course focuses on the representation of drug use and drug users in popular culture, science and medicine, and history and the social sciences. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: 1000-level course (or higher) in STS.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: STSS 4430; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSS 4430.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 4510 - History of American Technology
Discusses the growth of American technology and its place within the framework of American history as well as the interrelationship of American and foreign technological developments. This course stresses the cultural contexts of technological change. Topics covered include the Erie Canal, the American system of manufacturing, railroads, emergence of engineering professions, corporate R&D, household technology, the technology of modern warfare, and the electronics revolution.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: one course in American history or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 4610 - Product Design and Innovation Studio V
PDI Studio V 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/Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGR 2020, IHSS 2500, and ENGR 2050.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 4720 - Consumer Culture
What is consumer culture? What are its roots, its consequences, and alternatives? Documentaries and the research of anthropologists, historians, and religious scholars examine consumer culture in the U.S. and UK including recognition of the global locations in which consumer goods are made. Topics include buying and selling, shopping, retail, manufacture, material culture, pricing, consumer goods, disposal, kinship, identity, exchange, and advertising, with attention paid to differences in race, class, and gender.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: any 1000- or 2000-level STS course or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: STSS 4720; students cannot receive credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 4800 - Public Service/Professional Careers 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, materials 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.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: STSH 1110/STSS 1110; IHSS 1960; or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Cross Listed: STSS 4800; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSS 4800.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 4940 - Readings in Science and Technology Studies
With an individual faculty member on an agreed-upon topic.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 4960 - Topics in Science and Technology Studies
Credit Hours: 4
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STSH 6940 - Readings in Science and Technology Studies
With an individual faculty member on an agreed-upon topic.
Credit Hours: 3
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STSH 6960 - Topics in Science and Technology Studies
Credit Hours: 3
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STSH 6970 - Professional Project
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 Office of Graduate Education 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.
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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. This is a communication-intensive course.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Cross Listed: STSH 1110; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSH 1110.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 1200 - Sustainability Debates
Efforts to advance environmental sustainability have provoked intense and complicated political debate. In this course, students analyze key stakeholders, issues, and alternative pathways for the future. They also participate in a series of oral debates, focused on environmental regulations, economic growth, industrialism, and globalization. Students also work in a group to develop a proposal that responds to concern about environemtal sustainability. Throughout the course, students are encouraged to develop (and critically reflect on) their own environmental values and ideas.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 1960 - Topics in Science and Technology Studies, Anthropology/ Archaeology, History, Political Science, or Sociology
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 2100 - Investigating Society
In this course students receive practical hands-on experience in conducting ethical and theoretically-informed research in the fields of STS and sustainability studies. Throughout the semester students practice a variety of social science research methods through a series of exercises.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: STSS 1110, STSH 1110, STSS 1200, STSH 1200, IHSS 1110 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 2210 - Design, Culture, and Society
This course allows students to develop a critical understanding of the relationships between design, culture, and society. “Design” is defined broadly, touching on product/industrial design, urban design, and so-called alternative design approaches such as ecological and feminist design. The focus is on the role of design in contemporary culture with the goal of training students’ emerging appreciation of design as cultural practice on their professional work as engineers, architects, or business managers. This is a communication-intensive course.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 2300 - Environment and Society
Society and the natural environment are crucially linked in a number of ways. Environmental problems such as pollution and natural resource depletion are not only problems for society, affecting the way people live their lives; they are also problems of society—the result of patterns of social organization and social practices. In this course, students will explore these society/environment interactions at various levels, from the local to the global, using the concepts and insights of environmental sociology. Environmental sociologists aim to understand the social origins of environmental problems and propose workable solutions to them. By showing how social interaction, institutions, and beliefs shape human behavior, environmental sociology provides a useful complement to the natural sciences in the analysis of the environmental problems faced today.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: STSH 1110/STSS 1110 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 2330 - International Relations
The world today faces enormous problems: the bloody horrors of war, the unconscionable and widening economic gap between rich and poor countries, and the looming threat of catastrophic environmental degradation. This course examines the causes and consequences of these problems, wonders what a world beyond greed and hate would look like, and considers what it will take to build a better world. Toward these ends, several themes are explored, including the nature of the international system, contemporary challenges to the state system, and alternatives to hunger, exploitation, and international violence.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 2400 - Medicine and Society
The purpose is to explore the contributions of anthropology, sociology, and history to health and illness. By the end of the course, students will have an overall picture of health fields, problems faced by patients and caregivers, medicine and health in non-Western societies, and the social shaping of disease and therapeutic choices.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 2520 - Sociology
A study of the principles and concepts of sociology and their application to the study of society and self. Students are introduced to the scope, materials, and methods of sociology. The issues and problems to be studied come from basic social institutions such as the family, science, and religion. Other topics may include love, crime, political economy, power, population growth, social class, and minority and ethnic relations.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 2940 - Readings in Science and Technology Studies, Anthropology/Archaeology, History, Political Science, or Sociology
With an individual faculty member on an agreed-upon topic.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 2960 - Topics in Science and Technology Studies
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4120 - How to Read the New York Times
This is a course in critical media literacy. The theory and practice of critical media literacy is explored by learning social scientific and humanistic models, approaches, and techniques for making sense of the news (and other media), newswriting, and newsgathering, and through daily reading of the New York Times. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: One 1000-or 2000-level HASS course.
When Offered: Summer term annually.
Cross Listed: STSH 4120; students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4260 - Food, Farms, and Famine
This course provides students with a wide-ranging understanding of the environmental and social context of food, agriculture, and hunger. Drawing primarily on sociological concepts and research, the class will take a “food systems” approach, analyzing food as it travels from farm to table as part of an interconnected process. Students will examine why humans eat the way they do and how individuals’ food choices affect other people and the environment.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: any 2000-level STSS course or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4270 - Sustainability Problems
In this course, students will map the matrix of problems that make sustainability difficult – problems with the U.S. political, legal, and educational system, with media, culture, and individual behavior. Students will also identify sustainability pathways in transportation, urban design, education, alternative energy, etc. Throughout, students will analyze and try to produce effective environmental communication.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: any 2000-level STSS course or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4280 - Sustainability Education
This course examines needs for and challenges of delivering environmental education in different settings. Students critically review existing environmental education curricula then design and deliver their own to K-12 students. The history of public education in the United States, factors shaping contemporary education, various approaches to environmental education, and the complex challenge of interdisciplinary curriculum design are examined. Students in the course develop and demonstrate their own educational and environmental values.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: one 1000-or 2000-level STSH/S course.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4310 - Energy Politics
Through lectures and in-class discussions, this course explores the history, domestic and international politics, policy, philosophy, economics, environmental consequences, media coverage of, and alternatives to, the U.S. addiction to fossil fuels. Students, who may earn either humanities or social science credit, maintain analytical blogs with twice-weekly posts or write and present semester-length research papers, take a midterm exam and a comprehensive final exam. This is a communication-intensive course. Satisfies the PDI II Requirement.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: STSH/S 1110 or STSS 2300 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: STSH 4310; students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4330 - 21st Century Risks—Robotics, Nanotechnology, Cloning, and Other Technologies
This course covers two main types of technological risk: (1) innovating in ways that endanger health, quality of life, environment, or other goals; and (2) failing to pursue innovations that people need. Some understanding of the technical details is a prerequisite for making sense of emerging technologies, but the course focuses more on media, public opinion, political decision making, technologists’ incentives, and other social issues. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: STSH/STSS 1110 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4350 - Politics of Design
A research seminar exploring the meaning of design in engineering, architecture, political theory, and other fields. How do social ideals and motives inspire design choices? To what extent does the design of human-made things shape the quality of public life? A variety of objects are studied: buildings, machines, artifacts in everyday use, computer programs, political constitutions, etc.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: any 2000-level course in STS or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4370 - Environmental Politics and Policy
A highly interactive introduction to environmental politics and policy in the United States. Major themes include the background and context of environmental politics and policy, the policy-making process, environmental issues selected and reported on by students, the varieties of environmentalism, and environmental ethics.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: any 2000-level STS course or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4430 - Drugs in History
This course teaches basic historical, anthropological, and sociological concepts that can be used to make sense of a wide variety of contemporary phenomena students encounter in everyday life. The focus is on analyzing how licit and illicit drugs serve as “technologies” within specific social contexts or subcultures; what drug policy reveals about social, political, and economic organization; and the impacts of biomedical knowledge and practice on specific population groups. Also a focus is the representation of drug use and drug users in popular culture, science and medicine, and history and the social sciences. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: 1000-level course (or higher) in STS.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Cross Listed: STSH 4430; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSH 4430.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4500 - Globalization and Development
This course surveys the actors, processes, and proposed solutions to the problems of environment and development. The theory and practice of three main themes are explored: the background and context of environment in North and South; politics and economic development in the south; and the problems and prospects for sustainable societies in North and South.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: STSS 2300 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4560 - Gender, Science, and Technology
“Sex” is the biological distinction between being male and female. “Gender” is the social construction of masculinity and femininity. The purpose of this course is to explore if, and if so, how, science and technology reciprocally contribute to and are shaped by gender ideals and images. Gender is used as a tool for critical thinking about such topics as studies of sex differences, women in science and engineering, the environment, and war and peace.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: STSH 1110/STSS 1110 or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Upon availability of instructor.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4580 - Self-Organization in Science and Society
Self-organization has become increasingly important in science and engineering. Self-assembly of molecular structures are critical to nanotechnology; self-organizing swarms of insects are modeled in biology and robotics, and so on. But recursive loops in which things govern themselves are also foundational to society. Indigenous societies are renowned for their ecological self-stabilization. Wikipedia, Open Sources Software, and other means of “crowdsourcing” offer new visions for a more democratic civil society.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: any course with an STSH/STSS designation or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4610 - PDI Studio VI
The sixth design studio for non-engineering majors participating in the interdisciplinary programs in Design and Innovation, this course introduces students to organizational dimensions of new concept design, development, and dissemination, including entrepreneurship, organization planning, product management, and branding and marketing. The course requires students to synthesize social, technical, business, and formal concerns in the design of innovative objects, environments, or systems.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: STSH 4610 PDI Studio V.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: ENGR 4610; students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4720 - Consumer Culture
What is consumer culture? What are its roots, its consequences, and alternatives? Documentaries and the research of anthropologists, historians, and religious scholars examine consumer culture in the United States and the United Kingdom including recognition of the global locations in which our consumer goods are made. Topics include buying and selling, shopping, retail, manufacture, material culture, pricing, consumer goods, disposal, kinship, identity, exchange, and advertising, with attention paid to differences in race, class, and gender.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: any 1000- or 2000-level STS course or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: STSH 4720; students cannot obtain credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4800 - Public Service/Professional Careers 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, materials 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.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: STSH 1110/STSS 1110; IHSS 1960; first year studies course or permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall and spring terms annually.
Cross Listed: STSH 4800; students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSH 4800.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4940 - Readings in Science and Technology Studies, Anthropology/Archaeology, History, Political Science, or Sociology
With an individual faculty member on an agreed-upon topic.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4960 - Topics in Science and Technology Studies
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4980 - Research Design
This is the first part of a two-semester senior project sequence for majors in Sustainability Studies (SUST) and Science, Technology, and Society (STS). The course focuses on qualitative research design and research proposal development.
When Offered: Fall term annually.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4990 - Senior Project
Senior Project serves as a capstone course for all STS and Sustainability Studies majors. Students work individually, supervised by a faculty member, to produce a written thesis. Class time largely operates as structured research and writing assistance, where students support one another with peer-review as well as receive one-on-one guidance from the instructor. This is a communication-intensive course.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Restricted to STSO and SUST majors with senior standing.
When Offered: Spring term annually.
Cross Listed: STSH 4990; students cannot receive credit for both courses.
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 6040 - Technology Studies
The seminar examines interactions between technology and society from the vantage point of the various disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives that have contributed to technology studies. The texts, theories, and arguments that were important for the historical development of the field are covered, as well as contemporary issues. The seminar provides the resources and develops the skill needed for understanding, criticizing, constructing, and developing research in the field.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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STSS 6100 - Science and Technology Policy
An overview of the field of science and technology policy studies from various disciplinary perspectives and a survey of various policy types or arenas. The texts, theories, and arguments that were important for the historical development of the field are covered, as well as contemporary issues. The seminar provides the resources and develops the skill needed for understanding, criticizing, constructing, and developing research in the field.
When Offered: Fall term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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STSS 6110 - Research Methods in STS
This course offers an overview of social science techniques and research design and logistics and approaches widely used in STS.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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STSS 6120 - Advanced Research Methods
This course provides a foundation for professional-level research in science and technology studies. Through group research exercises, students explore the intersection between research issues (ethics, reliability, validity, quantification) and types of observation.
When Offered: Spring term even-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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STSS 6200 - Science Studies
A broad survey of the field of science studies from the vantage point of various disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives that have contributed to the development of science studies. The texts, theories, and arguments that were important for the historical development of the field are covered, as well as contemporary issues. The seminar provides the resources and develops the skills needed for understanding, criticizing, constructing, and developing research in the field.
When Offered: Fall term odd-numbered years.
Credit Hours: 3
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