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Studies of Science and Tech (SST) Courses
Academic Unit: Sci and Engineer, Coll of-Adm
- SST 8000 - Colloquium
- (1.5 cr; Prereq-Grad SST minor; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 3 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
- Series of weekly lectures by nationally and internationally known scholars with diverse disciplinary and methodological backgrounds speaking on a variety of issues.
- SST 8100 - Seminar: Models, Theories, and Reality
- (3 cr; Prereq-HSci 8111 or [Phil 8601 or Phil 8602 or Phil 8605] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
- Students participate in ongoing research on the role of models and theories in science, and prepare and present research papers.
- SST 8200 - Seminar: Philosophy of the Physical Sciences
- (3 cr; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
- Students participate in ongoing research in history, philosophy, and social study of physical sciences and prepare and present research papers.
- SST 8300 - Seminar: The Biological and Biomedical Sciences (Topics course)
- (3 cr; Prereq-HSci 8111 or [Phil 8601 or Phil 8602 or Phil 8605] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
- Students participate in ongoing research in history, philosophy, and social study of biological and biomedical sciences, and prepare and present research papers.
- SST 8400 - Seminar: Science, Technology, and Society
- (3 cr; Prereq-HSci 8111 or [Phil 8601 or Phil 8602 or Phil 8605] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
- Students participate in ongoing research on interactions involving science, technology, and society from perspectives of history, philosophy, and social study of science, and prepare and present research papers.
- SST 8420 - Seminar: Social and Cultural Studies of Science
- (3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
- Equivalent courses: PHIL 8660 (starting 04-SEP-01, was SST 8420 until 06-SEP-05, was SST 8420 until 04-SEP-01)
- Recent work; theoretical and methodological differences among practitioners; selected responses from historians and philosophers of science.
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