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STS 086J: Cultures of Computing
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Examines computers anthropologically, as artifacts revealing the social orders and cultural practices that create them. Students read classic texts in computer science along with cultural analyses of computing history and contemporary configurations. Explores the history of automata, automation and capitalist manufacturing; cybernetics and WWII operations research; artificial intelligence and gendered subjectivity; robots, cyborgs, and artificial life; creation and commoditization of the personal computer; the growth of the Internet as a military, academic, and commercial project; hackers and gamers; technobodies and virtual sociality. Emphasis is placed on how ideas about gender and other social differences shape labor practices, models of cognition, hacking culture, and social media.
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STS 087: Biography in Science
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
An examination of biography as a literary genre to be employed in the history of science. The use of biography in different historical periods to illuminate aspects of the development of science. A critical analysis of autobiography, archival sources, and the oral tradition as materials in the construction of biographies of scientists. Published biographies of scientists constitute the major reading, but attention is given to unpublished biographical sources as well. Comparison is drawn between biography as a literary form in the history of science and in other disciplines.
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STS 089: Wealth, Environment, and Health in Africa
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Examines how villagers in rural and urban Africa talk about and connect issues of wealth, environment, and health. Considers the health and wealth functions of the environment; in particular, medicinal, nutritional, agricultural, pastoral, and ecological uses of the land. Emphasis placed on the interaction between indigenous knowledge and western science and technology in specific case studies. Course designed to enable students to integrate village dynamics in the design and implementation of development, public health, and conservation projects.
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STS 091: Critical Issues in STS
2.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Analyzes current events and issues from the perspective of Science, Technology and Society. Students explore a chosen topic and develop their own unique analysis, applying the ideas and concepts of STS. Draws on the recent work of STS faculty, along with the concepts and methods that inspired them. Includes current and classic readings in STS; frequent short writing assignments, oral presentations, and collective discussion; and an independently defined research project. Occasional guest visits by STS faculty and advanced graduate students.
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Prereq: One STS Tier I subject or permission of instructor
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STS 095: Independent Study in Science, Technology, and Society
0.00 - 6.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For students who wish to pursue special studies or projects with a faculty member of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society.
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
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STS THT: Undergraduate Thesis Tutorial
1.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Definition and early-stage work on thesis project leading to STS.ThU. Taken during first term of student's two-term commitment to thesis project. Student works closely with STS faculty tutor. Required of all candidates for an STS degree.
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STS THU: Undergraduate Thesis
0.00 - 6.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Completion of work of the senior major thesis under the supervision of a faculty tutor. Includes gathering materials, preparing draft chapters, giving an oral presentation of thesis progress to faculty evaluators early in the term, and writing and revising the final text. Students meet at the end of the term with faculty evaluators to discuss the successes and limitations of the project. Required of all candidates for an STS degree.
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Prereq: STS.ThT
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STS UR: Undergraduate Research
0.00 - 6.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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STS URG: Undergraduate Research
0.00 - 6.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Undergraduate research opportunities in the STS Program.
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WGS 101: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
3.00 Credits
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Drawing on multiple disciplines - such as literature, history, economics, psychology, philosophy, political science, anthropology, media studies and the arts - to examine cultural assumptions about sex, gender, and sexuality. Integrates analysis of current events through student presentations, aiming to increase awareness of contemporary and historical experiences of women, and of the ways sex and gender interact with race, class, nationality, and other social identities. Students are introduced to recent scholarship on gender and its implications for traditional disciplines.
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