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STSS 2940: Readings in Science and Technology Studies,Anthropology/Archaeology,History,Political Science,or Sociology
4.00 Credits
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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
4.00 Credits
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4130: Decision Making
4.00 Credits
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Recent research suggests that how people do make decisions deviates from how people rationally should make decisions. Both topics are the focal concern of the course, which surveys the influence of mental heuristics and biases, social context, and affect on judgment and choice. The material for examining individual and group decisions is drawn from laboratory research as well as a number of real-world situations including military operations, legal settings, and risk assessment. This is a communication-intensive course. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: any social science course, preferably PSYC 1200, or permission of instructor. Fall or When Offered: Spring term annually . Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4330: 21st Century Risks-Robotics,Nanotechnology,Cloning,and Other Technologies
4.00 Credits
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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 alternate years. Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4350: Politics of Design
4.00 Credits
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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 We study a variety of objects: 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 4360: Contemporary Political Thought
4.00 Credits
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
This seminar focuses upon contemporary theoretical approaches to issues in political society. Writings in liberalism, conservatism, postmodernism, anarchism, and green politics are compared with special attention to their policy proposals. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: any 2000-level STS course. When Offered: Fall term alternate years. Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4370: Environmental Politics and Policy
4.00 Credits
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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: Annually. Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4390: Environment and International Policy
4.00 Credits
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
This course explores environmental issues that engage international attention and require new forms of policy and diplomacy. This course also explores the historical, cultural, and political-economic factors that contribute to contemporary concern about the environment. Particular attention is given to changing perceptions about the relationship between technological development, human welfare, and collective responsibility. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: junior or senior status or permission of instructor. When Offered: Annually. Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4430: Drugs in History
4.00 Credits
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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. We focus on analyzing how licit and illicit drugs serve as "technologies" within specific social contexts or subcultures; what drug policy tells us about social, political, and economic organization; and the impacts of biomedical knowledge and practice on specific population groups. We focus 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: Spring term, alternate years. Cross Listed: Cross-listed as STSH 4430. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSH 4430. Credit Hours: 4
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STSS 4460: Body:Self,Symbol,and Politics
4.00 Credits
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Using cross-cultural comparisons, this course highlights the distinctive ways we conceptualize the body and explore how these assumptions influence health care in Western societies. The body is examined from three perspectives: as experienced; as a natural symbol for thinking about the relationships between nature and society; and as an artifact of social and political control. Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: a 1000-level social science course. When Offered: Offered on availability of instructor. Credit Hours: 4
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