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SOSC140 HM - Economic Behaviors
Credit(s): 3
Instructor(s): Sullivan
Description: This course will examine a sample of human behaviors commonly seen as economic—including gift giving, pricing, and work ethics—from the perspectives of a variety of disciplines outside of economics. We will be particularly interested in cultural, social, and historical factors that influence human economic actions and interactions and will consider works by anthropologists, historians, sociologists, psychologists, artists, literary critics, and others. This course does not require any background in economic theory and is not designed to advance students within the standard micro/macro economic sequence.
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SOSC147 HM - Enterprise and the Entrepreneur
Credit(s): 3
Instructor(s): Evans
Description: Concepts and practices applicable to working as or with the manager of an enterprise. Some emphasis on enterprise formation and on management in high-technology firms.
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SOSC150 HM - Public Speaking For Science and Citizenship
Credit(s): 3
Instructor(s): Steinberg
Description: This course builds student speaking skills in three areas: communicating advanced topics in science and technology to non-specialists; speaking out on questions of politics and values; and engaging the intersection of the two through presentations on technically intensive social controversies.
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SOSC180 HM - Tropical Forests: Policy and Practice
Credit(s): 3
Instructor(s): Steinberg
Description: This course takes stock of the past two decades of social science research on tropical forests, examining the scale of deforestation, its causes and consequences, and the track record of attempted solutions. Special emphasis is placed on the ways in which values, institutions, and political-economic forces shape the decisions that will determine the fate of the forests.
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Science, Technology, and Society |
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STS010 HM - Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society
Credit(s): 3
Instructor(s): de Laet
Description: An introduction to the interactions among science, technology, and society. Examines the different concepts of rationality and the values that underlie scientific and technological endeavors as well as the centrality of value conflict in technological controversies.
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STS114 HM - Social and Political Issues in Clinic
Credit(s): 3
Instructor(s): de Laet
Description: A seminar offered to students taking Clinic. Preparation of a major paper analyzing the ethical and/or social issues of the student’s Clinic project or the product or application for which the project is a part. Reading assignments on the interaction between society and technology and case studies of specific examples.
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STS190 HM - Senior Seminar: Science, Technology, and Society
Credit(s): 3
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: Students read and discuss seminal and provocative works in STS. Each student conducts an independent project in an area of interest and competence. Open to seniors majoring in STS. Students with advanced preparation in STS may also enroll with instructor permission.
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Special Topics and Independent Study |
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HSA179 HM - Special Topic Courses
Credit(s): 3
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: Special topics courses—one-time or occasional course offerings—are designated with the number 179. They may be offered in any discipline within the humanities, social sciences, and the arts.
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HSA197 HM - Independent Study Courses
Credit(s): 1-3
Instructor(s): Staff
Description: Students may arrange for independent study with individual faculty members in the humanities, social sciences and the arts, subject to their permission, in order to pursue particular interests that are not covered by regular courses. Independent study courses, designated with the number 197, may be taken in any discipline within the humanities, social sciences, and the arts. See the discussion of “Directed Reading/Independent Study Courses” in the “Academic Policies” section of this catalogue for other restrictions.
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Writing |
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WRIT001 HM - Introduction to Academic Writing
Credit(s): 1.5
Instructor(s): Fontaine, Menefee-Libey, Staff
Description: A seminar devoted to effective writing strategies and conventions that apply across academic disciplines. The course emphasizes clarity, concision, and coherence in sentences, paragraphs, and arguments.
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WRIT001E HM - Academic Writing: Extended
Credit(s): 3
Instructor(s): Menefee-Libey, Staff
Description: An invitation-only seminar focused on teaching effective writing strategies and conventions that apply across academic disciplines. In this course students will learn to compose clearly articulated, properly qualified, and well-motivated claims that can be supported with evidence.
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