Effective Winter 2016
Exclusions:Not open to students with a minor in Medical Anthropology or History of Medicine and Health.
Advising
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. Please use our LSA online advising system to schedule an appointment with the STS Undergraduate Director.
Prerequisites
None for the minor per se, although individual courses elected to meet the requirements of the minor may have course prerequisites.
Requirements
A minimum of 15 credits (and at least 5 courses), to be chosen from the list of approved STS courses. At least one course must be at the 300 level or above. Only one course at the 100 level is permitted.
Core course: RCSSCI 275 / HISTORY 285.
Electives. A minimum of 3 courses in a chosen focus track (Science; Technology; Medicine).
Courses on science, technology, and society are offered by many different departments and programs in LSA as well as in other colleges of the university. Only courses specifically approved by the STS Program may be counted toward the minor. There are presently no provisions for exceptions to this rule. An up-to-date list of currently approved courses is available at the STS Program website.
Constraints
No course may be counted simultaneously toward both STS and any other minor.
Students may not declare the STS minor later than the first week of the first term of their senior year.
Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Minor (Fall 2014-Fall 2015)
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:
- Core course: RCSSCI 275.
- 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.
- 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.
Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Minor (Winter 2014-Summer 2014)
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:
- Core course: RCSSCI 275.
- 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.
Science and Society Focus Cluster | Technology and Society Focus Cluster |
Medicine and Society Focus Cluster |
ANTHRBIO 360, 362, 467 ANTHRCUL 256 AOSS 172, 300 BIOLOGY 101 CHEM 120 (section titled "The History and Philosophy of Chemistry") EARTH 140, 171, 380, 496 (section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East") ECON 370 EEB 498 ENSCEN 172 ENVIRON 111, 201, 211, 256, 263, 270, 318, 350, 360, 361, 375, 280, 391, 414 GEOG 111 HISTORY 301, 302 (section titled "Science, Technology, and Defining the Human"), 366, 397 (section titled "Human Nature and its Sciences"), 427 MENAS 491 (section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East") NURS 220 PHIL 420 PSYCH 384, 385 RCNSCI 232, 260, 263, 270, 350, 415, 461 (section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East") RCIDIV 318, 351 (section titled "Evolution and Intelligent Design"), 391 SOC 111 UP 263 |
AOSS 172, 300 CEE 260 EARTH 172, 380, 496 (section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East" ENSCEN 172 ENVIRON 111, 263, 350, 380 ENGLISH 415 (section titled "Research and Technology in the Humanities") GEOG 111 HISTORY 302 (section titled "Science, Technology, and Defining the Human"), 310, 396 (sections titled "Race, Gender, and Empire", "Global Nuclear Proliferation"), 498 (section titled "Steam Engines and Computers: From Proletariats to Information Workers") MENAS 491 (section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East") PSYCH 485 RCIDIV 330, 430, 450 RCNSCI 263, 270 RCSSCI 310, 374, 461 (sections titled "Steam Engines and Computers: From Proletariats to Information Workers", "Global Oil System and the Middle East"), 462 SI 110, 513 SOC 111 495 (section titled "Steam Engines and Computers: From Proletariats to Information Workers") UC 110 UP 263 WOMENSTD 485 |
CAAS 355 ANTHRCUL 258 (section titled "Culture and Medicine"), 325, 344, 355, 416 BIOLOGY 118 HBEHED 516 HISTORY 284, 300, 310, 355, 396 (section titled "Human Experimentation") NURS 220 PSYCH 211 (section titled "Health, Illness, Society"), 359, 401 (section titled "Health Psychology" RCNSCI 260 (section titled "From Shamans to Cyborgs: Socio-Cultural Studies of Health, Illness, and the Biomedical Sciences" and other topics as appropriate) RCIDIV 351 (section titled "Law and Bioethics") SOC 475 UC 210 WOMENSTD 220, 324, 400 |
- 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.
Approved STS Research Courses and Seminars | |||
SUBJECT/CATALOG | Track(s) |
Research Seminar |
|
ANTHRCUL 325 | Medicine |
||
EARTH 496 | Technology |
Science |
section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East" |
EEB 498 | Science |
||
ENVIRON 318 | Science |
||
HISTORY 396 | Medicine |
section titled "Human Experimentation" | |
HISTORY 396 | Technology |
section titled "Global Nuclear Proliferation" | |
HISTORY 498 | Technology |
section titled "Steam Engines and Computers: From Proletariats to Information Workers" | |
MENAS 491 | Technology |
Science |
(section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East") |
PHYSICS 481 | Science |
||
RCIDIV 318 | Science |
||
RCNSCI 415 | Science |
||
RCSSCI 374 | Technology |
||
RCSSCI 461 | Technology |
section titled "Steam Engines and Computers: From Proletariats to Information Workers" | |
RCSSCI 461 | Technology |
Science |
section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East" |
RCSSCI 462 | Technology |
||
SOC 495 | Technology |
section titled "Steam Engines and Computers: From Proletariats to Information Workers" | |
WOMENSTD 324 | Medicine |
- 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.
Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Minor (Fall 2012-Fall 2013)
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:
- Core course: RCSSCI 275.
- 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.
Science and Society Focus Cluster | Technology and Society Focus Cluster |
Medicine and Society Focus Cluster |
ANTHRBIO 360, 362, 467 ANTHRCUL 256 AOSS 172, 300 BIOLOGY 101 CHEM 120 (section titled "The History and Philosophy of Chemistry") EARTH 140, 171, 380, 496 (section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East") ECON 370 EEB 498 ENSCEN 172 ENVIRON 111, 201, 211, 256, 263, 270, 318, 350, 360, 361, 375, 280, 391, 414 GEOG 111 HISTORY 301, 302 (section titled "Science, Technology, and Defining the Human"), 366, 397 (section titled "Human Nature and its Sciences"), 427 MENAS 491 (section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East") NURS 220 PHIL 420 PSYCH 384, 385 RCNSCI 232, 260, 263, 270, 350, 415, 461 (section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East") RCIDIV 318, 351 (section titled "Evolution and Intelligent Design"), 391 SOC 111 UP 263 |
AOSS 172, 300 CEE 260 EARTH 172, 380, 496 (section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East" ENSCEN 172 ENVIRON 111, 263, 350, 380 ENGLISH 415 (section titled "Research and Technology in the Humanities") GEOG 111 HISTORY 302 (section titled "Science, Technology, and Defining the Human"), 310, 396 (sections titled "Race, Gender, and Empire", "Global Nuclear Proliferation"), 498 (section titled "Steam Engines and Computers: From Proletariats to Information Workers") MENAS 491 (section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East") PSYCH 485 RCIDIV 330, 430, 450 RCNSCI 263, 270 RCSSCI 310, 374, 461 (sections titled "Steam Engines and Computers: From Proletariats to Information Workers", "Global Oil System and the Middle East"), 462 SI 110, 513 SOC 111 495 (section titled "Steam Engines and Computers: From Proletariats to Information Workers") UC 110 UP 263 WOMENSTD 485 |
CAAS 355 ANTHRCUL 258 (section titled "Culture and Medicine"), 325, 344, 355, 416 BIOLOGY 118 HBEHED 516 HISTORY 284, 300, 310, 355, 396 (section titled "Human Experimentation") NURS 220 PSYCH 211 (section titled "Health, Illness, Society"), 359, 401 (section titled "Health Psychology" RCNSCI 260 (section titled "From Shamans to Cyborgs: Socio-Cultural Studies of Health, Illness, and the Biomedical Sciences" and other topics as appropriate) RCIDIV 351 (section titled "Law and Bioethics") SOC 475 UC 210 WOMENSTD 220, 324, 400 |
- 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.
Approved STS Research Courses and Seminars | |||
SUBJECT/CATALOG | Track(s) |
Research Seminar |
|
ANTHRCUL 325 | Medicine |
||
EARTH 496 | Technology |
Science |
section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East" |
EEB 498 | Science |
||
ENVIRON 318 | Science |
||
HISTORY 396 | Medicine |
section titled "Human Experimentation" | |
HISTORY 396 | Technology |
section titled "Global Nuclear Proliferation" | |
HISTORY 498 | Technology |
section titled "Steam Engines and Computers: From Proletariats to Information Workers" | |
MENAS 491 | Technology |
Science |
(section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East") |
PHYSICS 481 | Science |
||
RCIDIV 318 | Science |
||
RCNSCI 415 | Science |
||
RCSSCI 374 | Technology |
||
RCSSCI 461 | Technology |
section titled "Steam Engines and Computers: From Proletariats to Information Workers" | |
RCSSCI 461 | Technology |
Science |
section titled "Global Oil System and the Middle East" |
RCSSCI 462 | Technology |
||
SOC 495 | Technology |
section titled "Steam Engines and Computers: From Proletariats to Information Workers" | |
WOMENSTD 324 | Medicine |
- 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.