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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Science, Technology, Health, and Society Minor

Students will explore how science and technology relate to real-world societal challenges. Students will critically assess the impacts of science and technology on health and well-being in different segments of society, and understand the applications of science and technology in societal context.

Minor Requirements

The minor consists of 15 hours.

Complete: (3 credit hours)

Gateway course:

STHS 200 - Introduction to Science, Technology, Health, and Society 3 Credit Hours

Complete 12 hours:

Select the remaining 12 hours from Group A and Group B. At least one course must be selected in each group.

Group A: Arts & Humanities

ENGL 340 - Science Fiction and Fantasy 3 Credit Hours *
ENGL 342 - Literature and Medicine 3 Credit Hours *
ENGL 461 - Global Communication for Science and Technology 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 470 - Special Topics in Rhetoric 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 483 - Special Topics in Literature 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 484 - Special Topics in Writing 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 485 - Special Topics in Language 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 486 - Special Topics in Criticism 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 489 - Special Topics in Film 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 246 - Ethics and Technology 3 Credit Hours *
PHIL 345 - Bioethics 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 346 - Environmental Ethics 3 Credit Hours *
PHIL 360 - Philosophy of Science 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 365 - Philosophy of Social Science 3 Credit Hours *
PHIL 373 - Philosophy of Mind 3 Credit Hours *
PHIL 382 - Philosophy of Feminism 3 Credit Hours *
PHIL 383 - Philosophy of Disability 3 Credit Hours *
PHIL 390 - Philosophical Foundations of Democracy 3 Credit Hours *
PHIL 441 - Global Justice and Human Rights 3 Credit Hours *
PHIL 463 - Race, Science, and Medicine 3 Credit Hours *
PHIL 464 - Feminist Philosophy of Science 3 Credit Hours *
HIAF 480 - Health and Healing in African History 3 Credit Hours
HIAS 480 - Traditional Chinese Medicine 3 Credit Hours
HIEU 432 - Medicine in the Third Reich 3 Credit Hours
HIST 200 - Science, Medicine, and Technology in World Perspective 3 Credit Hours *
HIST 310 - Death: A Global History 3 Credit Hours
HIST 331 - History of Space 3 Credit Hours
HIST 365 - Medicine in Western Society 3 Credit Hours
HIST 399 - Technology and Innovation in Modern History 3 Credit Hours
HIST 410 - Infectious Disease: A Global History 3 Credit Hours
HIST 419 - Topics in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology 3 Credit Hours
HIUS 339 - The History of Medicine in the Movies 3 Credit Hours
HIUS 365 - Food and Power in U.S. History 3 Credit Hours *
HIUS 371 - Medicine and Health in America 3 Credit Hours
HIUS 443 - Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery 3 Credit Hours *

Group B: Social and Natural Sciences

AI 201 - AI, Ethics, and Legal Frameworks 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 303 - Human Biology and Society 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 309 - Advanced Principles of Biological Anthropology 3 Credit Hours *
ANTH 413 - Dynamics of Health and Illness 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 425 - Humanitarianism 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 450 - Current Trends in Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
ANTH 470 - Anthropology and the Genome 3 Credit Hours
CNST 469 - Sexuality and Cinema 3 Credit Hours *
EEB 305 - Evolution and Society 3 Credit Hours *
EEB 306 - Ecology and Society 3 Credit Hours
EEB 409 - Perspectives in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 200 - Environmental Issues in National Parks 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 204 - Understanding Climate Change 3 Credit Hours *
GEOG 344 - Population Geography 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 421 - Maps, Society, Power 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 425 - Human Dimension in GIScience 3 Credit Hours
INSC 305 - Internet and Society 3 Credit Hours
POLS 422 - Political Campaigns and Elections 3 Credit Hours
POLS 425 - Media and Politics 3 Credit Hours
POLS 461 - Comparative Public Policy: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions 3 Credit Hours *
POLS 465 - Nuclear Politics of the Middle East: Conflict, Energy, and the Environment 3 Credit Hours
POLS 472 - Conflict Processes 3 Credit Hours *
POLS 483 - Arms Control and Nuclear Proliferation 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 225 - Introduction to Critical Race and Ethnic Studies 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 260 - Introduction to the Study of Environmental Issues 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 360 - Environment and Resources 3 Credit Hours *
SOCI 361 - Environmental Justice 3 Credit Hours *
SOCI 362 - Population 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 463 - Community, Sustainability and Justice 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 464 - Political Economy of Natural Resources and the Environment 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 465 - Social Values and the Environment 3 Credit Hours *
STHS 350 - Data and Society 3 Credit Hours
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirement.