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Science and Technology in Society

The Interdisciplinary Minor in Science and Technology in Society requires students to integrate and synthesize a wide variety of materials. Students will enrich their experiences in diverse disciplines with a substantive engagement with science studies. Required courses in the minor emphasize critical and creative thinking and many courses require substantial writing and research. This minor is administered by the LAS Student Academic Affairs Office.

All courses must be selected in consultation with the adviser from the list of courses approved for the minor. No more than 3 hours of course work may be 100-level. Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA in course work in the minor.

E-mail: melhado@uiuc.edu

Web address for most current program requirements:
http://www.las.uiuc.edu/students/programs/SCI/f_SCI.shtml

Hours     Requirements
3         Select from:
          HIST 290-Individual Study
          PHIL 290-Individual Study
          SOC 290-Individual Study
6         Advanced-level (300- and approved 200-level) courses
3         History course selected in consultation with adviser
3         Philosophy course selected in consultation with 
           adviser
3         Sociology course selected in consultation with adviser
3         Select a course from the approved list in consultation 
           with adviser
21        Total


Recommended courses to fulfill the requirements of the minor 
History: 
     HIST 245-Technology in Western Society 
     HIST 247-Science in Western Civilization, I 
     HIST 248-Science in Western Civilization, II 
     HIST 249-History of Western Medicine 
     HIST 250-United States History of Medicine 
     HIST 298-Undergraduate Research and Writing Seminar  
     (pertinent sections) 
     HIST 338-History of Biology (same as BIOL 338) 
     HIST 339-Scientific Thought I (same as PHIL 317 and
      SOC 305) 
     HIST 340-Scientific Thought II (same as PHIL 318 and
      SOC 306) 
     HIST 365-American Public Health and Health Policy 
Philosophy: 
     PHIL 214-Moral Problems in Medicine and Biology 
     PHIL 270-Philosophy of Science 
     PHIL 317-Scientific Thought, I (same as HIST 339 and 
      SOC 305) 
     PHIL 318-Scientific Thought, II (same as HIST 340 and 
      SOC 306) 
     PHIL 319-Space, Time, and Matter (same as Physics 319) 
     PHIL 339-Philosophy of Mathematics (same as MATH 339) 
     PHIL 371-Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Issues 
     PHIL 375-The Philosophy of Social Science (same as 
      ANTH 329 and SOC 325) 
     PHIL 377-Philosophy of Psychology (same as PSYCH 377) 
Sociology: 
     SOC 150-The Construction of Science (honors course; 
      by permission of instructor) 
     SOC 218-Technology and Society SOC 305-Scientific Thought,
       I (same as HIST 339 and PHIL 317) 
     SOC 306-Scientific Thought, II (same as HIST 340 and 
      PHIL 318) 
     SOC 339-The Organization of Health Care (same as CHLTH 356) 
     SOC 366-Sociology of Scientific Knowledge 
     SOC 367-Seminar in Sociology of Technology 
     SOC 396-Special Topics (when appropriate) 
Others: 
     LIS 199-Undergraduate Open Seminar (when appropriate) 
     WS 396-Seminar in Women's Studies (when appropriate)

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