Understanding today's challenges. Reimagining our future.
Science, Technology, and Society is a dynamic interdisciplinary major providing students with a liberal arts education for the twenty-first century.
One of the only Stanford majors to offer both Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BS) degrees.
STS majors gain a broad understanding of how science, technology, and society interact, while developing depth within two or three focus areas. STS graduates have forged successful careers in many fields, including business, engineering, law, public service, medicine and academia.
We offer a variety of concentration options: Catastrophic Risks and Solutions | Communication and Media | Innovation and Organization | Life Sciences and Health | Politics and Policy | Social Dynamics of Data and Information.
Faculty Spotlight
Faculty Spotlight
Angèle Christin: Associate Professor of Communication and, by courtesy, Sociology
Professor Christin discovered STS through the work of Bruno Latour.
When she was a Master's student in France, Professor Christin spent a year conducting ethnographic fieldwork in a criminal court located in the outskirts of Paris. She was interested in how judges and prosecutors made decisions about defendants, and how…