Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society: Newly Revised for Winter

From automobiles and computers to immunizations and genetically modified foods, science, technology, and medicine permeate our modern lives and lifestyles. This course will help students critically think about the social dimensions of science, technology, and medicine and their implications for the choices we must make in modern life. We will explore questions such as: How have culture and politics affected the goals and designs of technologies such as the atomic bomb? How has science been shaped by society, and vice-versa?  How can history help us understand contemporary responses to the AIDS epidemic, stem cell research, and the pharmaceutical industry?

We welcome and encourage students with interest in the humanities, the social sciences, the sciences, and engineering.  You do NOT need to be a History major or an RC student to enroll.  This course serves as the core for the undergraduate minor in STS (Science, Technology and Society), and counts toward concentrations in History and RC Social Science.

(HIST 285/RCSSCI 275)
Mondays & Wednesdays, 1-2:30 pm

126 East Quad

Instructors: Professor Gabrielle Hecht (hechtg@umich.edu), Professor Elizabeth Roberts

Posted on 22 Nov 08 by Matt Hampel