STS 101 - Foundations of Science, Technology and Society (3-0-3)
This course introduces students to the multi-disciplinary study of science, technology and society. Through a combination of lectures by the STS teaching staff and external speakers, as well as classic and contemporary readings and case studies that exemplify the field's core content, students examine the social, aesthetic, environmental, economic and political constructs that contextualize the development and proliferation of mechanical and digital technologies with which we interact. Effective From: Spring 2008

STS 257 - Technology, Society and Culture: An American View (3-0-3)
This course will examine several key cases in the way technology fits into society. The politics, sociology, and ethics of technological development will be investigated. Topics include several significant advances of the twentieth century: nuclear warfare, fast food, the simplicity movement, and futuristic enhancement. What do all these things have to do with one another? Effective From: Fall 2007

STS 258 - Technology, Society and Culture: A Global View (3-0-3)
This course will investigate the issues and problems inherent in the globalization of technology and culture at the beginning of this new millennium. Countries and economies are becoming more entwined in each others identities and economies, and cultural diversity is both threatened and proliferating at one and the same time. How much can the world's markets continue to grow and connect? How does the spread of information change what we know about one another? Should we be afraid of progress? Does the world understand the United States? Do we understand the world? How can "Growth" or "development" be sustained? How can we guide its change? Effective From: Fall 2007

STS 300 - Legal Reasoning, Writing, and Technology (3-0-3 )
Prerequisite: HSS 101. Integrates the process of legal research and fundamentals of legal writing with analysis of law. Focuses upon legal reasoning through analysis of fact and upon the logic of law in judicial opinions, statutory construction, and constitutional interpretation as contemporary issues are analyzed.

STS 301 - Independent Study (1 credit)
Prerequisites: junior standing in the STS program and written approval of the program director. Consists of self-paced study on an individual or small group basis in a specific area integral to a student's STS concentration but not available on a regular course basis.

STS 302 - Independent Study (2 credits)
See STS 301.

STS 303 - Independent Study (3 credits)
See STS 301

STS 304 - Writing about Science, Technology and Society (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. Develop abilities to write lucidly and speak forcefully about the interrelationship of science, technology and society. Learn to articulate a sense of purpose in order to choose the appropriate methods for reporting issues in a technological society. Effective development and transfer of technical knowledge in a complex world.

STS 305 - Engineers in Society (2-1-2)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents Corequisite: CoE 394. For students majoring in computer engineering. The professional aspects of an engineering career. Topics include ethics and responsibility, the role of the professional society, the importance of communication, and the realities of the workplace. Certain writing projects are correlated with the linked lab CoE 394. Field studies of working engineers are conducted by student teams. Co-listed as CoE 301.

STS 306 - American Mosaic: Understanding Cultural Diversity (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. An examination of multiculturalism in the United States. The course provides students with a methodological framework for understanding cultural diversity in the United States and around the world.

STS 307 - Fundamentals of Research in STS (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. Focuses on research methods in the field of science, technology and society. Focuses on the following methods: problem statement and hypothesis formulation; research design in science, technology and society; data sources; and data acquisition and analysis.

STS 308**** - Technology and Global Development: Introduction to STS (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. Introduces the important public issues that technology brings to the modern world, such as energy development and environmental pollution. Emphasizes the close connections between science and technology, social institutions, and cultural values. Also analyzes today's "global village", the changing relations between East and West and the Third World, and worldwide development and environmental issues. Honors Note: See HSS 101.

STS 309 - Advocacy and the Law (3-0-3)
Prerequisite: Eng 300, SS 300. Offers opportunities to explore the retrieval and use of legal and law-related materials while developing skills in oral advocacy and in writing persuasive legal documents, such as motion memoranda and briefs. Includes learning to listen to participants in the legal process as well as developing effective styles and forms of speech in the classroom. Effective From: Spring 2005

STS 310**** - Technology and Human Values (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. Examines the interactions between science, technology and human values. Specifically, explores psychological, moral, and philosophical consequences of, and humanistic responses to, technological change. Readings, essays, fiction, and research articles treat such topics as the philosophical foundations of modern science, scientism, technicism; the impact of technology on images of man found in modern literature; and the moral implications of various kinds of recent technology. Honors Note: See HSS 101.

STS 311 - Co-op Work Experience I (3 credits)
Prerequisites: completion of the sophomore year, approval of the department, and permission of the Office of Cooperative Education and Internships. Students gain major-related work experience and reinforcement of their academic program. Work assignments facilitated and approved by the Co-op Office. Mandatory participation in seminars and completion of a -report.

STS 312**** - Technology and Policy in Contemporary America (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. A study of technology and politics in recent America. Focuses on the role of the federal government in shaping technology, especially through funding technological innovations and applications. Topics will include the origins of technology policy in World War II, the influence of the Cold War, the science and technology policy advisory system, and political and cultural influences on technology policy. Honors Note: See HSS 101.

STS 313**** - Environmental History and Policy (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. Covers the rise of the modern environmental debate, and examines its current priorities and values, politics and economics, and impacts on industry and society. Students review the role of regulatory agencies, private industry, public interest groups, and the media. Current major issues in New Jersey are considered, as well as environmental debate on a national and global level. Honors Note: See HSS 101.

STS 316 - Mass Communications, Technology and Culture (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. Uses the tools of the humanities and social sciences to study the interplay between technology and mass culture. Focuses on motion pictures, electronic music, and television as both technologies and as forms of art. Devotes special attention to the portrayal of science and technology in the media.

STS 320 - Global Evolution of Scientific Thought I: Case Studies from Antiquity through the 19th Century (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. Traces the global development of scientific ways of thinking and demonstrates how scientific ideas, methods, and theories both reflect and influence thought in other areas. Special emphasis is on the biographical approach to scientific innovation through analysis of key figures in relation to the societies in which they lived. Attention is paid to the roles of class and gender in scientific practice. Begins with the study of science in the ancient nations of Babylonia, China, and India and ends with an examination of the rise of scientific approaches to social problems in the nineteenth century.

STS 321 - Global Evolution of Scientific Thought II: 20th-Century Case Studies (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. A continuation of STS 320, traces the global development of scientific ways of thinking and demonstrates how scientific ideas, methods, and theories both reflect and influence thought in other areas. Begins with the study of Einstein, continues with an analysis of United States and Soviet relations during the Cold War, and concludes with an examination of trends in today's global scientific community.

STS 325-329 - Special Topics in Science, Technology and Society (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. An in-depth examination of a current STS issue. A new topic is addressed each time the course is offered. Honors Note: See HSS 101.

STS 330 - The Professional Engineer: History and Context (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. An examination of the origins of modern engineering and the context in which engineering has developed. The course includes an analysis of the contemporary engineering culture?its structure and the values which drive it. The student will be expected to confront both the constraints and opportunities presented by the professional world of engineering.

STS 331 - Teaching in Urban Schools (3-0-3)
This course introduces students to critical issues of teaching in urban schools. Readings and seminar discussions will focus on: the urban setting, children's lives in the inner city, urban schools, teachers' experiences in urban schools, the classroom, the curriculum, culturally responsive pedagogy, special education in the urban context, bilingual education, immigrant children in American schools, and Newark as an example of some of the topics studied in the course. Effective From: Fall 2007 Until: Fall 2007

STS 333 - Science LIteracy and Pedagogy (3-0-3)
This course investigates the principles of scientific literacy for the general public and how it can be achieved. Particular attention is paid to identifying a personal pedagogy, method of teaching, and how this can be capitalized upon to assist others to become more scientifically literate and aware. Effective From: Fall 2007

STS 335 - ICT in Secondary Schools (3-0-3)
This course examines the integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into instruction to foster community, collaboration, conceptual development, and exceptional academic performance. The course pays particular attention to present and potential access and academic uses of ICT in under-resourced urban schools with racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse students whose families tend not to be participants in the US society's culture of power. Effective From: Fall 2007

STS 337 - Obstacle to Understanding Science and Technology (3-0-3)
This course examines the scientific disciplines typically taught to primary and secondary school children as part of standards-based education in America. It seeks to identify those factual inaccuracies, misconceptions, and other incorrect notions held by students-up-to and through college. Methods for identifying and overcoming incorrect notions will be presented. Effective From: Fall 2007

STS 338 - Paradigm Shifts in Science, Technology and Society (3-0-3)
This course examines how to approach, discuss and debate controversial issues in science and technology in order to facilitate civil discourse and policy-formation in a democratic society. Various types of controversies will be addressed illustrating various aspects of debate and discourse needed to arrive at compromise, understanding, and consensus. Students will learn how to moderate group discussion dealing with current science and technology issues facing society and learn to moderate discussions for themselves and for others. Effective From: Fall 2007

STS 340 - Multiculturalism in a Technological Society (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. Explores the roles of culture and ethnicity in our increasingly technological and global society. The interplay between scientific developments and the specific sociocultural contexts is addressed. Specific case studies from various countries are explored, covering differing levels of technological achievement. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to competently analyze the interaction between a country's scientific development and its political and sociological climate. Special topics are negotiated with students at the start of each class, with the goal of covering all continents and a variety of scientific fields. At least one case study each semester carefully reviews multiculturalism in the American technological culture. Emphasis also is given to the particular roles and responsibilities of the United States as a technological and political leader.

STS 342 - Women in Technological Culture (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. Takes an interdisciplinary and multicultural approach to issues of gender in science and technology. The issues include the current status and problems of women in non-traditional professions; the historical contributions of women in science and technology; images of women in Western and non-Western cultures; theories of gender difference, past and present; the impact of cultural gender coding on the epistemologies of science and technology; women and Third World development. Course materials include case studies and autobiographical narratives, films, and science fiction as well as historical and sociological analyses. Expressive student writing and group projects are encouraged.

STS 344 - Communications Policy (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. Study of communication environments and developing communications technologies as central elements of evolving political and social systems. Analysis of philosophical, military, economic, and technical premises for communications policy and the process of regulation.

STS 346 - Pragmatism and Technology (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. Examines the relationship between the American philosophy of pragmatism and the role of technology in the contemporary world. How do philosophical ideas affect the development of technology and science? How has pragmatism shaped the current view of the meaning and value of technological progress? Readings from both the traditional authors of American pragmatism?Peirce, James, and Dewey?and contemporary texts.

STS 347 - Music and Technology ((3-0-3))
This course examines the ways music has been affected by technolgoy from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries. How has recording technology changed the way we listen to, create, and experience music? How does electronic and computer music relate to the rest of music? Is a recording the record of an event or a whole new art form in itself? Do machines encourage a kind of music-making radically different from previous live music? Now that nearly every recording is done digitally, does that make all recorded music computer music? This course has both a theoretical and a practical component: in addition to the history of technology's transformation of music, the course examines the basics of digital sampling, recording, sequencing, and mastering software. Effective From: Spring 2002

STS 348 - Esthetics and Modern Technology (3-0-3)
Prerequisites:HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. The central focus of this course is on the changing conception of beauty as influenced by technological development, especially in twentieth-century United States society. The course examines how technology is echoed in art and philosophy, and how they, in turn, influence future technological considerations.

STS 349 - Advanced Music Technology (3-0-3)
Prerequisite: STS 347. Students will learn the basics of notebook computer-based music composition and production. Emphasis will be on composition and making of music, learning the aesthetics necessary to get the most out of your machine. Course will require extensive work on your own home computer. Computer requirements: A PC or Macintosh system running Ableton Live. Effective From: Spring 2008

STS 350 - Computers and Society (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, one SS course, completion of a 100-level GUR course in CIS. Examines the historical evolution of computer and information systems and explores their implications in the home, business, government, medicine, and education. Topics include auto-mation and job impact, privacy, and legal and ethical issues.

STS 360**** - Ethics and the Environment (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. An examination of contemporary environmental problems from the perspective of ethics or moral philosophy. An analysis of the ethical presuppositions and value principles underlying environmental policy. The study of ethical theories and their application to the environmental crisis. Honors Note: See HSS 101.

STS 362**** - Environmental Economics (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202, SS 201 or their equivalents. Presents a detailed overview of the relationship between political economy and the environment. Draws on diverse case studies including global warming, harvesting of minerals on the ocean's floor, destruction of old growth forests, and contamination of the -nation's water, air, and soils. Explores the economic remedies to the fast-changing relationship between society and nature. Honors Note: See HSS 101.

STS 378 - Literature and Nature (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. Literature reveals and interprets the natural world. Students examine the ways that nature has been used in non-fiction and fiction. Students also learn the challenge of describing the natural world in their own words. Representative writers include Percy Shelley, Henry David Thoreau, Octavio Paz, Denise Levertov, Gary Snyder, Joyce Carol Oates, and Annie Dillard. Co-listed as Lit 378.

STS 380 - Policy Issues in the Coastal Environment (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. An examination of coastal environments from the standpoint of the scientist, the engineer, and the resource manager. Topics include beach and shoreline characteristics, technological innovations to address coastal erosion problems, and current debates in coastal policy and resource management. Case studies are used to illustrate coastal management practices and the scientific, technical, and social constraint to policy formulation.

STS 381 - Field Techniques and Research Methods (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents.; STS 307. An introduction to research methods. The objectives of the course are to provide opportunity to pursue specialized, in-depth research in a subfield of science, technology and society of the student's choice; to develop skills in problem identification, research design and problem solving; to increase familiarity with methods of data analysis; to strengthen library research skills; to provide an opportunity to gather original field data in a team-oriented environment; and to improve oral and written communication skills.

STS 382 - Geographical Perspectives on the Environment (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: HSS 101, HSS 202 or their equivalents; two from HSS 211, HSS 212, Hist 213 or their equivalents. Designed to introduce students to the field of geography. Focuses on the natural processes that sculpt the physical and biological terrain, and the environmental interrelationships between human societies and nature. Combining physical, human and environmental perspectives on the earth's surface, explores, in depth, topics such as famine, societal response to natural and technological hazards, and water issues in the United States.

STS 411 - Co-op Work Experience II (3 credits)
Prerequisites: STS 311 or its equivalent; approval of the department, and permission of the Office of ve Education and Internships. Provides major-related work experience. Mandatory participation in seminars and completion of requirements that include a report and/or project.

STS 490**** - Project and Seminar I (3 credits)
Prerequisite: senior standing in the STS program. Each student undertakes a comprehensive study of an issue in science technology and human affairs. The solution requires application of knowledge and skills acquired in course work, self-study, and library research as well as consultation with persons in the academic community, industry, and government. The completed study is submitted as a detailed written report. The seminar meets weekly. Speakers from education, government, and industry address themselves in topics of current interest to STS students. Honors Note: See HSS 101.

STS 491**** - Project and Seminar II (3 credits)
A continuation of STS 490.