Each student must keep a journal and is required to undertake a research project and report the findings to the class. Classes are complemented by frequent, usually short, field trips at times agreed upon by instructor and students to appropriate sites. Spring term alternate years. This course offers an insight into the public policy process from the vantage point of a part-time internship in the public or private sector as well as an opportunity to explore a career option before actually embarking upon it. Fall and spring terms annually.
General topic varies each time the seminar is offered.
We emphasize our own relationships in the community of science and technology studies. Spring term annually. STSH-4920 Topics in Science and Society Selected topics in science and society to meet the needs of science and society majors. With an individual faculty member on an agreed-upon topic. 4 credit hours STSH-4980 Senior Project Ordinarily consists of independent research, supervised by a faculty member, culminating in a written thesis.