Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Minor

effective date : Fall 2014-Fall 2015

Not open to students with a minor in Medical Anthropology or History of Medicine and Health

Students wishing to pursue a minor in Science, Technology, and Society must develop a specific plan for its completion in consultation with the program's designated advisor. Appointments may be scheduled by sending e-mail to sts.minor.advisor@umich.edu. Students may not declare the STS minor later than the first week of the first term of their senior year.

No course may be counted simultaneously toward both STS and any other minor.

Prerequisites to the Minor

None for the Academic Minor per se, although individual courses elected to meet the requirements of the Academic Minor may have course prerequisites.

Requirements for the Minor

A minimum of 15 credits of courses, to be elected from the categories as stated below:

1. Core course: RCSSCI 275.
2. Electives. A minimum of 2 courses for at least 7 credits, subject to the following conditions:
   • A maximum of one elective at the 100 level is permitted (up to 4 credits).
   • At least one elective must be at the 300 level or above.
   • Students may also count any research seminar (see below) as an elective.
   • At least one elective and the research seminar must be drawn from one of the focus clusters: science and society, technology and society, or medicine and society.

1. One research course or seminar, at the 300- or 400-level, in the student's chosen focus cluster, chosen in consultation with, and approved by, the advisor. The research course or seminar will normally be completed in the student's junior or senior year. To be approved for this requirement, a course must include a major research project (typically a long term paper) or a significant field study component.

effective date : Winter 2014-Summer 2014

Not open to students with a minor in Medical Anthropology or History of Medicine and Health

No course may be counted simultaneously toward both STS and any other minor.

Only courses specifically approved by the STS Program may be counted toward the minor. There are presently no provisions for exceptions to this rule. Students may not declare the STS minor later than the first week of the first term of their senior year.

Prerequisites to the Minor:

None for the Academic Minor per se, although individual courses elected to meet the requirements of the Academic Minor may have course prerequisites.

Academic Minor Program:

At least 5 courses for a minimum of 18 credits of courses, to be elected from the categories as stated below:

1. Core course: RCSSCI 275.
2. Electives. A minimum of 3 courses for at least 11 credits, subject to the following conditions:
   • A maximum of one elective at the 100 level is permitted (up to 4 credits).
   • At least two electives must be at the 300 level or above.
   • Students may also count any research seminar (see below) as an elective.
   • At least two of the student's three electives must be drawn from one of the focus clusters: science and society, technology and society, or medicine and society.

1. One research course or seminar, at the 300- or 400-level, in the student's chosen focus cluster, chosen in consultation with, and approved by, the advisor. The research course or seminar will normally be completed in the student's junior or senior year. To be approved for this requirement, a course must include a major research project (typically a long term paper) or a significant field study component.

1. Science/Technology/Medicine cognate (lab based). Students electing this academic minor must complete one cognate, consisting of a laboratory-based course in a natural science, computer science, or engineering. This cognate may count toward the LSA distribution requirement (if it is approved for that requirement). Ideally, this course should relate to the student's chosen focus cluster.

effective date : Fall 2012-Fall 2013

Not open to students with a minor in Medical Anthropology

No course may be counted simultaneously toward both STS and any other minor.

 Only courses specifically approved by the STS Program may be counted toward the minor. There are presently no provisions for exceptions to this rule. Students may not declare the STS minor later than the first week of the first term of their senior year.

Prerequisites to the Minor:

None for the Academic Minor per se, although individual courses elected to meet the requirements of the Academic Minor may have course prerequisites.

Academic Minor Program:

At least 5 courses for a minimum of 18 credits of courses, to be elected from the categories as stated below:

1. Core course: RCSSCI 275.
2. Electives. A minimum of 3 courses for at least 11 credits, subject to the following conditions:
3. • A maximum of one elective at the 100 level is permitted (up to 4 credits).
   • At least two electives must be at the 300 level or above.
   • Students may also count any research seminar (see below) as an elective.
   • At least two of the student's three electives must be drawn from one of the focus clusters: science and society, technology and society, or medicine and society.

1. One research course or seminar, at the 300- or 400-level, in the student's chosen focus cluster, chosen in consultation with, and approved by, the advisor. The research course or seminar will normally be completed in the student's junior or senior year. To be approved for this requirement, a course must include a major research project (typically a long term paper) or a significant field study component.

1. Science/Technology/Medicine cognate (lab based). Students electing this academic minor must complete one cognate, consisting of a laboratory-based course in a natural science, computer science, or engineering. This cognate may count toward the LSA distribution requirement (if it is approved for that requirement). Ideally, this course should relate to the student's chosen focus cluster.