2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED PUBLICATION] Use the dropdown above to select the current catalog.
Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts Courses
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Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts
Science, Technology, and Society
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STS150 HM - Water, Culture, and Technology
Credit(s): 3
Instructor(s): de Laet
Description: The human body is made of 60% water. But while this most essential of essentials – clean, clear water – is taken for granted by some, it is inaccessible to others; while it is life threatening by its scarcity in some places, it is dangerous by its abundance in others. While most of us give little thought to the availability, cleanliness, and flow of our drinking water, it is contested and its availability the product of politics and infrastructures. So, what’s in your water? Where does it come from? How does it get to where it is used? What happens to it after? How does it shape and depend on community? Such questions are on our agenda. Technologies and cultures form each other: dams, dykes, and “polders”; hand water pumps, canals and aqueducts, irrigation systems, and draught mitigation, all “live” in specific cultural practices. The hidden systems – material and political – that bring water, take it away, and regulate its access, are the object of this course.
HSA Course Area(s): Science, Technology, & Society
HSA Writing Intensive: No -
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.
HSA Course Area(s): Science, Technology, & Society
HSA Writing Intensive: Yes
Special Topics and Independent Study
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HSA179 HM - Special Topic Courses
Credit(s): 1-3
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 catalog for other restrictions.
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