Program Information
Stanford’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) offers undergraduates integrated studies of the natures and relationship of science, technology, and engineering, and of the social relations of science and technology. STS provides an arena for dialogue among students of engineering, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences–a common ground where important cross-disciplinary studies transcending the gaps between the technical and non-technical fields are not merely envisioned, but practiced.
Stanford’s STS program, founded in 1971, is among the oldest of such programs in the United States. Stanford STS graduates, taking full advantage of their unique, demanding, and intellectually stimulating training, have entered distinguished graduate programs, such as Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, MIT’s Technology and Policy Program, and graduate programs at the Universities of Sussex and Pennsylvania. STS alumni and alumnae have forged successful careers in a variety of fields, including business, engineering, law, public service, medicine, and academia.
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Objectives
Three objectives are pursued by the certificate in science, technology and society:
- Provide students an overview of the relationship between science, technology and society;
- Allow the acquisition of theoretical and empirical information to understand the relationship between the development of science and technology and society;
- The acquisition of knowledge about the major institutions which govern the development of science and technology.
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Questions surrounding the interaction of science, technology and human systems are highly interdisciplinary and cultural, requiring analytical techniques that transcend space and time. Thus, the Science, Technology and Society Program stresses the need to step outside both disciplinary and cultural boxes in pursuit of knowledge. Accordingly, the program is heavy on cultural and information literacy and critical thinking. The primary goal is to produce generalists who understand the intricate interrelationship of science, technology and society and are armed with the technical skills to change their environment. The following tracks are available:
Science, technology and governance.
Global technology and development and general science.
Technology
Objectives
Concentration in Science, Technology and Society aims to introduce students to scientific and technological development and functioning of societies. It aims to familiarize the student with the social history of science and technology, to promote understanding of their sociological and political dynamics, as well as reflection on the valuations and the ethical dimensions associated with their development in contemporary societies.
Admission requirements
The admission requirements are those of each of the programs offering the courses of the concentration in Science, Technology and Society.
Concentration in Science, Technology and Society is open to all persons enrolled in an undergraduate degree,
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