Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO THEORIES/PRACTICES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES

Department: Philosophy

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This discussion-based course, covers social, cultural, political, and historical dimensions of science and technology. Problems, qualitative methods, and theory in analyses of science and technology; sociology of scientific knowledge; contemporary and historical case studies; scientific and technical knowledge in historical, institutional, and organizational contexts. Attention to cultural studies and feminist approaches to interdisciplinary studies of scientific knowledge and expertise.