Science and Technology Studies Requirements

 Advising Sheet STS [pdf]

Relevant Courses for the Upcoming Term

All major areas of concentration in Comparative Studies require a total of 37 semester hours, including at least one “required course” in the area of concentration; remaining courses fulfill the elective and research requirements. All Comparative Studies students should work with their advisors to develop a strong, coherent, individualized program.

The concentration in Science and Technology Studies requires the following:

Required courses (10 credits):

• 2099 The Question of Comparative Studies
• 2340 Introduction to Cultures of Science and Technology
• 3990 Approaches to Comparative Studies
• 4990 Senior Seminar in Comparative Studies

Concentration core (15 credits)

• CS 2104 Literature, Science, and Technology
• CS 2214 Intro to Sexuality Studies
• RS 2670 Science and Religion
• CS 2677 Religion and Environmentalism
• CS 3645 Cultures of Medicine
• CS 3646 Natures, Cultures, Technologies
• CS 4597.01 Global Studies of Science and Technology
• CS 4661 (3661) The City and Culture
• CS 4808 Utopia and Anti-Utopia (3808 Utopia and Dystopia)
• CS 4845 Gender, Sexuality, and Science
• CS 4846 Social Studies of Objects and Networks
• CS 5691 Topics in Comparative Studies (repeatable with appropriate topics)
• Philosophy 3650 Philosophy of Science
• History 2700 Global Environmental History
• History 2701 History of Technology
• History 3700 American Environmental History
• History 3701 History of American Medicine 

Courses are to be chosen from Comparative Studies and other departments to provide focus in a particular area, such as medicine and health or science, technology, and the arts. Additional Comparative Studies courses may also partially fulfill this requirement. No more than 3 credits at the 2000-level may count toward the Elective Requirement.

Elective Courses

Comparative Studies electives  (department list)

• 2104 Literature, Science, and Technology
• 2214 Introduction to Sexuality Studies
• 2264 Introduction to Popular Culture Studies
• 2265 Introduction to Visual Representation
• 2301 Introduction to World Literature
• 2340 Introduction to Cultures of Science and Technology
• 2341 Technology, Science and Society
• 2350 Intro to Folklore
• 2360 Intro to Comparative Cultural Studies
• 2370 Intro to Comparative Religion
• 2670 Science and Religion
• 2677 Religion and Environmentalism
• 2864H Modernity and Postmodernity: Issues and Ideas
• 3645 Cultures of Medicine
• 3646 Cultures, Natures, Technologies
• 4560 Wexner Center Seminar
• 4597.01 Golobal Studies of Science and Technology
• 4655 Studies in Ethnography
• 4661 The City and Culture
• 4808 Utopia and Anti-Utopia
• 4845 Gender, Sexuality, and Science
• 4846 Social Studies of Objects and Networks
• 4874 New Age and New Religious Movements
• 4921 Inersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class and Sexuality
• 5691 Topics in Comparative Studies (repeatable)
• 5864 Modernity and Postmodernity: Concepts and Theories

African American and African Studies (department list)

• 3440 Theorizing Race
• 4535 Topics in Black Masculinity
• 4571 Black Visual Culture and Popular Media
• 4921 Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality

Anthropology (department list)

• 2202 Peoples & Cultures: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• 3302 Intro to Medical Anthropology
• 3315 Evolution: Contemporary and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
• 3334 Zombies: The Anthropology of the Undead
• 3525 History of Anthropological Theory
• 4597.01 Cultural Conflict in Developing Nations
• 4597.02 Women, Culture, and Development
• 4597.03H The Prehistory of Environment and Climate
• 4597.04 The Molecular Revolution: Heredity, Genome Mapping, Genomania
• 4597.05H The Global Food Crisis
• 5600 Medical Anthropology: Biosocial Aspects of Health
• 5601 Sociocultural Aspects of Health
• 5602 Medical Anthropology: Global Perspectives on Women's Health
• 5614 Ethnobotany
• 5615 Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behavior
• 5621 The Anthropology of Women
• 5623 Cultural Ecology
• 5624  The Anthropology of Food: Culture, Society, and Eating

Classics (department list)

• 2204 Medicine in the Ancient World
• 2205 Sports and Spectacles in the Ancient World 
• 3215 Sex and Gender in the Ancient World
• 4204 Greek and Roman Science and Technology

Communication (department list)

• *2511 Visual Communication Design
• 2540 Introduction to Communication Technology
• *3224 Principles of Civic Journalism
• 3226 Multimedia Journalism
• 3240 Science Communication
• 3404 Media Law and Ethics
• 3413 Media Entertainment
• 3440 Mass Communication and Society
• 3443 Global Media
• 3444 Advertising and Society
• 3466 Communication and Popular Culture
• 3513 Video Games and the Individual
• 3545 Human-Computer Interaction
• 3554 Social Implications of Communication Technology
• 3597.01 International Perspectives on Communication
• 3597.02 Media and Terrorism
• 3629 Language and Social Interaction
• 3662 Communication and Gender
• 3668 Intercultural Communication
• 4401 Mass Communication and Youth
• 4406 Development of the Mass Media in America
• 4445 Stereotypes in Media
• 4554 Social Media
• 4555 Computer Interface and Human Identity
• 4557 Communication Networks
• 4600 Communication and Emotion
• 4665 Communication and Community
• 4668 Issues in Intercultural Communication
• 4737 Health Communication in Mass Mediated Contexts
• 4738 Health Communication and New Media
• 4814 Political Communication
• 4853.01 New Media and Democracy
• 4853.02 Media and Social Movements

English (department list)

• 2270 Intro to Folklore
• 2277 Introduction to Disability Studies
• 2282 Introduction to Queer Studies
• 3361 Narrative and Medicine
• 3372 Science Fiction and/or Fantasy
• 4569 Digital Media and English Studies
• 4573.01 Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
• 4573.02 Rhetoric and Social Action
• 4574 History and Theories of Writing
• 4576.03 History of Critical Theory III: Issues & Movements in Critical Theory

Environment and Natural Resources (department list)

• 2100 Introduction to Environmental Sciences
• 2300 Society and Natural Resources
• 2367 Communicating Evironmental and Natural Resources Information
• 4000 Environmental and Natural Resources Policy
• 4597.02 Antarctic Marine Ecology and Policy

History (department list)

• 2260 European Thought and Culture, 19th Century
• 2261 European Thought and Culture, 20th Century
• 2270 Love in the Modern World
• 2610 Introduction to Women and Gender in the U.S.
• 2620 Women Changing the World: Histories of Activism and Struggle]
• 2630 History of Modern Sexualities
• 2700 Global Environmental History
• 2701 History of Technology
• 2702 Food in World History
• 2703 History of Public Health, Medicine, and Disease
• 2704 Water: A Human History
• 3020 19th-Century American Ideas
• 3021 20th-Century American Ideas
• 3115 History of Medicine and Public Health in Latin America
• 3215 Sex and Gender in the Ancient World
• 3247 Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe (1450-1750)
• 3307 History of African Health and Healing
• 3411 Gender and Sexuality in China
• 3600 Studies in Women’s and Gender History
• 3612 Asian American Women: Race, Sex, and Representations
• 3630 Same-Sex Sexuality in a Global Context
• 3641Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe
• 3642 Women in Modern Europe, from the 18th Century to the Present
• 3700 American Environmental History
• 3701 History of American Medicine
• 3705 History of Capitalism in Comparative and Global Perspective
• 3711 Science and Society in Early Modern Europe
• 3712 Science and Society in Modern Europe
• 3715 Explorations of Science, Technology and the Environment in East Asia
• 3720 Environmental History of Ancient Greece and Rome
• 3750 Race, Ethnicity, and Nation in Global Perspective

Horticulture (department list)

• 2203 People and Plants: Meals, Medicine, Material, and Myth

International St/Agricultural Education (department list)

• 3850 Introduction to Globalization
• 4661 The City and Culture
• 4597.01 Problems & Policies in World Population, Food, & Environment
• 4597.02 Antarctic Marine Ecology and Policy

Philosophy  (department list)

• 2342 Environmental Ethics
• 2500 Symbolic Logic
• 2650 Intro to Philosophy of Science
• 2660 Metaphysics, Religion, and Science in the Scientific Revolution
• 2860 Science and Religion
• 3341H Ethical Conflicts in Health Care Research, Policy & Practice
• 3420 Philosophical Perspectives on Issues of Gender
• 3440 Theorizing Race
• 3650 Philosophy of Science
• 3680 An Introduction to the Philosophy of Biology
• 3750 Intro to the Theory of Knowledge
• 5420 Philosophical Topics in Feminist Theory
• 5400 Advanced Political & Social Philosophy
• 5500 Advanced Symbolic Logic
• 5650 Advanced Philosophy of Science
• 5750 Advanced Theory of Knowledge
• 5830 Introduction to Cognitive Science
• 5840 Advanced Philosophy of Cognitive Science

Physics (department list)

• 2367 Uses of Science in Solving Problems of Society

Sociology (department list)

• 3302 Technology and Global Society
• 3460 Environmental Justice
• 3630 Medical Sociology
• 4608 Gender, Race, and Class in  Mass Communications
• 5450 Sociology of Global Health and Illness
• 5605 Sociology of Sexuality
• 5629 Sociology of Health: Mental and Physical Dimensions

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies  (department list)

• 2215 Reading Women Writers
• 2230 Gender, Sexuality and Race in Popular Culture
• 2296H Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• 2300 Approaches to Feminist Inquiry
• 2305 Gender and Sexuality in Global Perspective
• 2306 Girlhood
• 2325 Issues in Women's Health
• 2326 Women and Addiction: A Feminist Perspective
• 2350 Feminist Perspectives on Women and Violence
• 3306 Gender, Media, and New Technologies
• 3320 Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• 3370 Varieties of Female Experience: Lesbian Lives
• 3505 Feminist Perspectives on Globalization
• 3530 Women, Environment, and Development
• 4375 Women and Visual Culture
• 4402 Black Women: Representations, Politics, and Power
• 4404 Regulating Bodies: Global Sexual Economies
• 4405 Race and Sexuality
• 4524 Women and Work
• 4576 Women and Visual Cultures of Latin America
• 4845 Gender, Sexuality, and Science
• 4921 Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class and Sexuality

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