Science, Technology, & Medicine Courses
Below is a master list of our regular courses on Science, Technology, and Medicine (STM). To view courses offered during a particular term go to OSCAR.
Science, Technology, and Medicine (STM)
- HTS 2081 — Scientific Revolution
- A critical approach to the Scientific Revolution, introducing students to primary documents and images from the period and emphasizing interpretive strategies and methods.
- HTS 2082 — Technology and Science in the Industrial Age
- Surveys major developments in technology and science since 1600 and places them in the broader social context of their times.
- HTS 2084 — Technology and Society
- Analyzes social conditions that promote or retard technological activity, emphasizing role of business, the state, and scientific and engineering professions, and the emergence of consumerism.
- HTS 2100 — Science, Technology, and the Modern World
- An introduction to perspectives on how developments in science and technology at once reflect and influence politics and society on a global scale. Syllabus
- HTS 3001 — American Economic History
- U.S. economic history since 1607, including regional specialization, agriculture, industrialization, technology, government and economy, money and banking, labor, international trade, and contemporary economic problems. Syllabus
- HTS 3007 — Sociology of Work and Industry
- Analyzes paid employment as a decisive social attachment, emphasizing work organizations, technological change and authority relations, and social inequality among diverse groups of employees. Syllabus
- HTS 3020 — Gender and Technology
- Course examines the ways in which the design, development, and application of technologies, as well as cultural responses to them, have been gendered historically. Syllabus
- HTS 3021 — Women in Science and Engineering
- Women in science and engineering and gender differences in participation, location, and status. Examines education, access, and apprenticeship, culture of science and engineering. Syllabus
- HTS 3082 — Sociology of Science
- The growth of science and its social structure; deviance and norms, the social context of scientific knowledge and practice, and science policy. Syllabus
- HTS 3083 — Technology and American Society
- The complex interplay between technical innovation and cultural change in the United States since 1850, with emphasis on the emergence of modern consumer-oriented society. Syllabus
- HTS 3084 — Culture and Technology
- Modernism and post-modernism: this course investigates culturally creative responses to modern manufacturing, transportation (trains, cars, airplanes), evolving gender ideals, and new communications.
- HTS 3085 — Law, Technology, and Politics
- Examines the ways in which courts, legislatures, and regulatory agencies have responded to challenges posed by new technology and shaped the course of technical change. Syllabus
- HTS 3086 — Sociology of Medicine and Health
- Relationship between health and society, including health care problems in the United States and culture's role in defining health and sickness and in determining appropriate therapies. Syllabus
- HTS 3087 — History of Medicine
- An introduction to historical perspectives on the development of medicine, and its relationship to health, illness, and society. Syllabus
- HTS 4081-4085 — Seminar in History of Technology
- Advanced undergraduate topics in the history of technology. Designed for HTS majors, but open to other students with junior or senior standing.
- HTS 4081 — The Computer Age
- HTS 4081 — History of Energy
- HTS 4081 — Innovation in America
- HTS 4081 — History of Medicine
- HTS 4083 — Columbus and the Conquest of America
