The STV Minor

STV courses may be taken as electives by students in any of the four undergraduate Colleges. The STV Minor Program is open to students in any major. Admission to the Minor: Interested students are encouraged to elect the STV Minor in their sophomore year, though later enrollment is always possible for those with some flexibility in their schedules. To sign up, make an appointment to see the STV Associate Director at the Program Office in 309 O'Shaughnessy Hall.

General Program Requirements:

A Minor consists of five STV courses (15 semester hours). One of these must be STV 256, Science, Technology and Society, which is taught at least once per year. This need not be a student’s first STV course but it should ideally be taken early. The additional course required to complete the minor may be selected from any of the Clusters. Three hours of the Minor requirement may be taken in Directed Readings.

To receive Minor credit an STV course must be completed with a grade of "C" or better. Completion of the STV Minor will be certified on a student's final University transcript.

STV PROGRAM COURSE OFFERINGS

The courses listed in the Cluster areas are offered on a regular basis and may be used to satisfy the three cluster requirements. Those on the elective list are offered on occasion and may be used to satisfy the "Elective" requirement.

Students must take STV 20556, and also take one course from each of Clusters One, Two, and Three. The fifth course (an elective) can be satisfied by taking any of the courses listed in all four Clusters.

Core Course Taught every Fall semester
(Note that the core course has had the following names in prior semesters)
20555     Science and Technology in Phil Perspective  (Spr 2001)
20556     Perspectives in Science and Technology  (Fall 03, Spr 04)
20556     Science, Technology and Society (all other semesters)

Cluster One: Human Dimensions of Science & Technology                     (course numbering for HD courses is:  xx1xx)
20115     Gender, Politics and Evolution     
20124     Memoirs of Madness     
20134     The Technological American  
20139     Minds, Brains and Persons     
20142     Architectural History II     
20146     History of Communications Technologies     
20149     Environmental Philosophy     
20152     Visual America II     
20154     Modern Physics and Moral Responsibility
20163     Science and Religion     
20179     Science and Theology     
30106     History of Econ Modern Thought     
30110     Health, Healing and Culture     
30113     Classical Origins of Medical Terminology
30142     History of Ancient Medicine     
30146     History of Communication Technologies     
30153     History of Psychiatry     
30154     Gender and Science     
30157     Introduction to the Phil of Biology     
34162     History of Science and Tech in Britain (taught in London only)     
30175     Environmental History     
30189     Philosophical Issues in Physics   
33195     Technology and Social Change     
40113     Computer as Social Phenomenon     
40118     Witchcraft and Occult 1400-1700
40126     Philosophy of Cognitive Science
43134     Addiction, Science, and Values
40135     Philosophy of Science
43136     Nature in America
40140     Science and Social Values
40144     Religion and Science     
40147     History/Design: Form, Values and Technology     
40151     Psychology and Medicine     
40152     History of Medicine to 1700     
40153     Visits to Bedlam     
40154     Cultural Aspects of Clinical Medicine     
40155     Christ and Prometheus: Evaluation/Technology
40166     History of Modern Astronomy     
40167     Global Food Systems     
43169     Darwinian Revolution     
40172     History of Chinese Medicine     
40174     Philosophy and Psychiatry     
40181     Philosophy of Human Biology
40186     Medicine in Modern History    
40187     Technology in History     
40194    Building America     

Cluster Two: Science, Technology, and Ethics
        (course numbering for Ethics courses is:  xx2xx)

20245     Medical Ethics     
20247     Environmental Ethics     
20248     Modern Science and Human Values     
20258     Philosophy of Technology     
20260     Theology, Ethics, and the Environment     
20282     Health Care Ethics in the 21st Century
43243     Ethics and Science     
43283     Ethics and Risk     

Cluster Three: Science, Technology, and Public Policy
        (course numbering for PP courses is:  xx3xx)
20304     Energy and Society
20306     Environmental Chemistry     
30311     Introduction to the American Health Care System
34366    Medical Practice and Policy U.K. (Taught in London)    
30382     Technology of War and Peace     
40319     Self, Society, and Environment     
43328     Science Policy and Politics     
40357     Computers, Ethics, and Public Policy     
43363     Spy Culture: Surveillance, Privacy, and Society     
43364     Technology, Privacy and Civil Liberties  
43396     Environmental Justice     

Cluster Four: Optional Electives
        (course numbering for Elective courses is:  xx4xx)
20419     Brief History of Time/Space/Motion     
20441     Environmental Studies     
30445     Technologies and Shaping of America
20452     Ethics, Ecology, Economics and Energy     
20461    Nuclear Warfare
43400    Science, Technology, and Values in Contemporary Society
40401    The Future of Energy
40402    Wireless Communications: The Technology & Impact of 24/7 Connectivity
40424     Technology and Development in History
43445     The Internet-Interpretations  
43470     Molecular Revolution     
46497     Directed Readings