Science and Technology in Society

www.las.uiuc.edu/

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

Hours	Requirements
3	Select from:
	HIST 490–Individual Study
	PHIL 390–Individual Study
	SOC 390–Individual Study
6	300- and 400-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 364-Technology in Western Society
HIST 265-Science in Western Civ I
HIST 266-Science in Western Civ II
HIST 367-History of Western Medicine
HIST 368-US History of Medicine
HIST 498-Research and Writing Seminar (pertinent sections)
HIST 465-History of Biology
HIST 363-Scientific Thought I (same as PHIL 317)
HIST 366-Scientific Thought II (same as PHIL 318)
HIST 475-US Pub Health & Health Policy

Philosophy

PHIL 214-Biomedical Ethics
PHIL 270-Philosophy of Science
PHIL 317-Scientific Thought I (same as HIST 363)
PHIL 318-Scientific Thought II (same as HIST 366)
PHIL 419-Space, Time, and Matter (same as PHYS 419)
PHIL 439-Philosophy of Mathematics (same as MATH 439)
PHIL 471-Contemporary Phil of Science
PHIL 475-Philosophy of Social Science (same as ANTH 429 and SOC 455)
PHIL 477-Philosophy of Psychology (same as PSYC 477)

Sociology

SOC 250-The Construction of Science (honors course; by permission of instructor)
SOC 350-Technology and Society
SOC 476-Organization of Health Care (same as CHLH 456)
SOC 456-Soc of Scientific Knowledge
SOC 457-Sociology of Technology
SOC 496-Advanced Special Topics (when appropriate)

Others

LIS 199-Undergraduate Open Seminar (when appropriate)
GWS 490-Seminar in Women's Studies (when appropriate)