An archived site of a course taught in 1996-97 by Dr. Helena Sheehan. Stanford University A collection of course syllabi in STS at Stanford. Topics range from technology policy in newly industrializing countries to ethical issues in civil engineering to feminist theories of science, technology and medicine. Includes links to university STS programs, an archive of materials suitable for inclusion in course packs, links to other STS sites, and, of course, information about the NCSU program. The syllabus lists more than 20 themes, including the meaning of technology, technology and human nature, technophobia, and democracy and the Internet.
Emphasis is placed on the causes and consequences of technological change.
This somewhat offbeat syllabus for an online English computer lab course taught at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, in Fall 1997, reveals relatively little about the course itself but has an unusually wide-ranging set of links on technology and society, including the full texts of many interesting articles. The objective of this course, taught by Professor Ann Larabee at Michigan State University is to help students generate sophisticated ideas and shape them coherently for a college level audience. It is a humanities writing course not a technical writing course. It presents reflections on the philosophy, ethics, and politics of science and technology, and asks students to develop their own ideas on such topics as assessing risk, American technological utopianism, technology and political systems, women and technology, the impact of computers, and alternative uses of technology. Comments and suggestions for additional links are welcome.