Catastrophic Risks and Solutions (CRS)

photo of an atomic explosion

This concentration allows students to focus on understanding, anticipating, communicating, and reducing large-scale catastrophic risks, defined as threats to large cities, regions, ethnic groups, entire societies, human civilization, or humanity itself. Examples include climate change, pandemics, ecosystem collapse, famine, nuclear war, genocide, earthquakes, asteroid impacts, and uncontrolled or hostile artificial intelligence. Students in this concentration will choose one or several such risks and define a plan of study that includes analysis, tools for understanding, and current knowledge of how they might be solved or reduced in scale and scope. Examples of analysis and tools for understanding include scientific approaches (statistics, modeling), social science approaches (psychology, anthropology, or sociology of risk), and humanistic studies (history, philosophy, fiction, film, art). 

STS Concentration Area Requirements

  • 4 (BS) or 8 (BA) Socio-cultural courses from the approved course list for the selected concentration area. Your list must include 3 courses from the Concentration Core.
  • 4 (BA) or 8 (BS) Technical courses from the approved course list for the selected concentration area

  • A cohesive overall theme, or two, that articulate how your Concentration Core and Sociocultural courses help you to critically examine your Technical courses.

50+ units; 12 course minimum. Note that the 50-unit requirement may require taking additional courses and that approved courses may not be approved for your specific concentration, if your curriculum does not achieve the above requirements as a whole.

Don't forget the Major Requirements : As for all concentrations, students will need to fulfill the Program Core course requirement (26+ units; 8 course minimum with grade C minimum). 

Socio-Cultural Courses (4 BS/8 BA)

STS Sociocultural Courses

  • Provide historical, social, cultural and/or political context for specific areas of science and technology in each concentration

  • May include STS Program Core or Concentration Core courses not used to fulfill those requirements

  • Electives must be part of a cohesive plan approved by the STS Associate Director

  • See major requirements for more information

Title
Instructor
Quarter
Day, Time, Location

Zegart, A. (PI)
Anand, M. (TA)
Tracey, T. (TA)
Chapin, E. (TA)
Houle, C. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Shriram 104

Toft Djanegara, N. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Lathrop 296

Kendra, A. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM
Green Earth Sciences131

Kendra, A. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM
Green Earth Sciences131

Michas-Martin, S. (PI)
Burke, K. (PI)
Veidis, E. (PI)
De Leo, G. (PI)
Lee, S. (TA)
Ludeke, D. (TA)
Minondo, A. (TA)
Kumar, K. (TA)
Maurya, S. (TA)
Fukami, T. (PI)
McManus, K. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
370-370

Trounce, M. (PI)
Jones, A. (GP)
Chen, J. (GP)
Franzese, L. (GP)
Jia, A. (GP)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday
12:30 PM
2:20 PM
School of Medicine Room

Altman, R. (PI)
Magnus, D. (PI)
Jiang, B. (TA)
Weed, L. (TA)
Klich, J. (TA)
McRae, K. (TA)
Mishra, V. (TA)
Bhise, R. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM
320-105

Charles, P. (TA)
Jacobson, M. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center 201

Woodward, J. (PI)
Gragg, D. (PI)
Stasio, K. (PI)
Jibodu, A. (TA)
Morelli, C. (TA)
Charles, P. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Hewlett Teaching Center 201

Woodward, J. (PI)
Gragg, D. (PI)
Stasio, K. (PI)
Morelli, C. (TA)
Underwood, S. (TA)
Withers, S. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Hewlett Teaching Center 201

Jacobson, M. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center 200

COLLEGE 107
Units:
4

Luby, S. (PI)
Edwards, P. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday
2:30 PM
3:20 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center 201

Palumbo-Liu, D. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM
300-303

Wang, B. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM
Departmental Room

Toft Djanegara, N. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Lathrop 296

Diver, S. (PI)
Toweh, J. (SI)
Rodriguez, K. (SI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
320-220

Naimark, N. (PI)
Jolluck, K. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM
200-219

Ludeke, D. (TA)
Boyd, Z. (TA)
Dill-De Sa, C. (TA)
Kovscek, A. (PI)
Azevedo, I. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
Thornton 110

Naylor, R. (PI)
Tucker, A. (TA)
Mendillo, J. (TA)
Passos de Souza, O. (TA)
Parish, W. (TA)
Ndegwa, J. (TA)
Frank, Z. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
200-002

Openshaw, J. (PI)
Jones, J. (PI)
Benjamin, M. (TA)
Salvador, B. (TA)
Suresh, V. (TA)
Lee, J. (TA)
Conway, L. (TA)
Krasovich Southworth, E. (TA)
Maurya, S. (TA)
Patel, M. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
300-300

Undheim, T. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Lathrop 299

EARTHSYS 160
Units:
4-5

Kos, R. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday
9:30 AM
12:20 PM
Lathrop 190

Peterson-Nafziger, C. (PI)
Dunn, K. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Shriram 052

EARTHSYS 185
Units:
4

Lobell, D. (PI)
Press, E. (TA)
Brittingham, P. (TA)
Young, H. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Econ 140

Thurber, M. (PI)
Wolak, F. (PI)
MaCurdy, T. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday
11:30 AM
1:20 PM
Littlefield 103

Goulder, L. (PI)
Kissel, H. (GP)
Young, J. (GP)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM
200-034

Michas-Martin, S. (PI)
Burke, K. (PI)
Veidis, E. (PI)
De Leo, G. (PI)
Lee, S. (TA)
Ludeke, D. (TA)
Minondo, A. (TA)
Kumar, K. (TA)
Maurya, S. (TA)
Fukami, T. (PI)
McManus, K. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
370-370

Soon, V. (PI)
Jordan, S. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM
Hewlett Teaching Center 102

Zimmer, D. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
160-124

Kaplan, J. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:20 PM
STLC 111

Spiegel, J. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
MIP Policy Studio

Berkey, C. (GP)
McMaster, H. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
320-109

Felter, J. (PI)
Shah, R. (PI)
Blank, S. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday
4:30 PM
7:20 PM
Thornton 110

Zegart, A. (PI)
Anand, M. (TA)
Tracey, T. (TA)
Chapin, E. (TA)
Houle, C. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Shriram 104

Patenaude, B. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Summer

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
3:20 PM
Encina West 202

LAW 2504
Units:
3

Thompson, B. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
11:10 AM
12:40 PM
LAW 280A

Seiger, A. (PI)
Gordon, K. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Wednesday
4:15 PM
6:15 PM
LAW 190

Bloom, G. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Friday
12:30 PM
1:30 PM
Departmental Room

Bloom, G. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Friday
12:30 PM
1:30 PM
Departmental Room

Bloom, G. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

School of Medicine Room

Weyant, J. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM
Y2E2 105

Lin, H. (PI)
Kumar, R. (TA)
Rajesh, N. (TA)
Velaise, T. (TA)
Cruz, A. (TA)
Bhaskara, V. (TA)
Legrand, A. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Gates B1

Felter, J. (PI)
Shah, R. (PI)
Blank, S. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday
4:30 PM
7:20 PM
Thornton 110

Lomax, B. (PI)
Blankenship, C. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday
12:30 PM
2:20 PM
STLC 119

Laurent, E. (PI)
calefas-strebelle, a. (GP)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Mastro, O. (PI)
Rodriguez, L. (PI)
Hintson, J. (TA)
Russell, E. (TA)
Napier, C. (TA)
Peters, S. (TA)
Sagan, S. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
STLC 114

Zegart, A. (PI)
Anand, M. (TA)
Tracey, T. (TA)
Chapin, E. (TA)
Houle, C. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Shriram 104

Zimmer, D. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
160-124

Zegart, A. (PI)
Anand, M. (TA)
Tracey, T. (TA)
Chapin, E. (TA)
Houle, C. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Shriram 104

Nation, J. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Lathrop 180

Starkman, R. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM
160-317

Starkman, R. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM
250-108

Undheim, T. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Lathrop 299

Undheim, T. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Lathrop 299

Zimmer, D. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
160-124

STS 190
Units:
4

Sato, K. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Lathrop 290

Sato, K. (PI)
Ball, J. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
160-129

Michas-Martin, S. (PI)
Burke, K. (PI)
Veidis, E. (PI)
De Leo, G. (PI)
Lee, S. (TA)
Ludeke, D. (TA)
Minondo, A. (TA)
Kumar, K. (TA)
Maurya, S. (TA)
Fukami, T. (PI)
McManus, K. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
370-370

Toft Djanegara, N. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Lathrop 296
Concentration Core (CC) Courses: 3 required for BA/BS

STS Concentration Core courses

CC, formerly Foundational

 

  • Are specifically designated sociocultural courses directly relevant to the chosen STS concentration 
  • Provide students with tools to critically engage with the knowledge and skills they are learning in their technical courses
  • Cannot be double-counted with student’s choice of Program Core courses
  • Cannot be substituted or petitioned
Title
Instructor
Quarter
Day, Time, Location

COLLEGE 107
Units:
4

Luby, S. (PI)
Edwards, P. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday
2:30 PM
3:20 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center 201

Wang, B. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM
Departmental Room

Naylor, R. (PI)
Tucker, A. (TA)
Mendillo, J. (TA)
Passos de Souza, O. (TA)
Parish, W. (TA)
Ndegwa, J. (TA)
Frank, Z. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
200-002

Undheim, T. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Lathrop 299

Zimmer, D. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
160-124

Zimmer, D. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
160-124

Undheim, T. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Lathrop 299

Undheim, T. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Lathrop 299

Zimmer, D. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
160-124

STS 190
Units:
4

Sato, K. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Lathrop 290

Sato, K. (PI)
Ball, J. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
160-129
Technical Courses (4 BA/8 BS)

STS Technical Courses

  • Courses involving lab work, engineering problems, coding, or other technical work in science, technology, or medicine

  • Help build technical knowledge and skills relevant to the chosen concentration

  • Students seeking the B.S. degree take more of these

  • The majority of Technical Electives should be a sequence (or two sequences) of increasingly advanced levels. In general, introductory courses with little technical content will not be approved. 

  • At least one sequence should be accompanied by either Concentration Core or Sociocultural Electives that allow you to examine and analyze its context and social consequences

Title
Instructor
Quarter
Day, Time, Location

Kopperud, R. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:20 PM
Shriram 104

Hummel, H. (PI)
Kinslow, A. (PI)
Savage, E. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Y2E2 292A

Decker, M. (TA)
Bhandari, S. (TA)
Freyberg, D. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Y2E2 111

CEE 263C
Units:
3

Rennie, B. (TA)
Savage, E. (TA)
Jacobson, M. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Shriram 104

CEE 274D
Units:
3

Criddle, C. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Mitchell Earth Sciences B67

CEE 278A
Units:
3

Kopperud, R. (PI)
Jetty, S. (TA)
Loning, M. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday Wednesday Friday
3:30 PM
4:20 PM
Y2E2 111

Miranda, E. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday
11:30 AM
1:20 PM
Turing Auditorium

Baker, J. (PI)
Mongold, E. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
1:20 PM
Y2E2 111

McCann, M. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Wednesday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM
540-108

Hummel, H. (PI)
Kinslow, A. (PI)
Savage, E. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Y2E2 292A

CS 21SI
Units:
2

2022 - 2023
Spring

Wednesday
5:30 PM
7:20 PM
160-328

CS 106A
Units:
3-5

Parlante, N. (PI)
Cornwall, E. (TA)
Collins, A. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday Wednesday Friday
12:30 PM
1:20 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center 200

CS 106A
Units:
3-5

Parlante, N. (PI)
Cornwall, E. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:20 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center 200

CS 106A
Units:
3-5

Sahami, M. (PI)
Piech, C. (PI)
Cornwall, E. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday Friday
11:30 AM
12:20 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center 200

CS 106A
Units:
3-5

Cerkvenik, F. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Summer

Tuesday Thursday Friday
1:30 PM
2:45 PM
Skilling Auditorium

CS 106B
Units:
3-5

Zelenski, J. (PI)
Lee, C. (PI)
Kishnani, N. (TA)
Bear, E. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:20 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center 200

CS 106B
Units:
3-5

Schwarz, K. (PI)
Kishnani, N. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Bishop Auditorium

CS 106B
Units:
3-5

Kishnani, N. (GP)
Gregg, C. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:20 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center 200

CS 106B
Units:
3-5

Kaur, A. (PI)
Cornwall, E. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Summer

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1:30 PM
2:45 PM
NVIDIA Auditorium

Hosono, G. (TA)
Owen, R. (TA)
Berger, B. (TA)
Saue- Fletcher, L. (TA)
Sbaih, A. (TA)
Mohamdy, A. (TA)
Tao, S. (TA)
Boneh, D. (PI)
Durumeric, Z. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Gates B1

Liang, P. (PI)
Sadigh, D. (PI)
Mu, J. (TA)
Karamcheti, S. (TA)
Hughes, J. (TA)
Limonchik, S. (TA)
Kaul, D. (TA)
Becker, N. (TA)
Velu, A. (TA)
Palaparthi, A. (TA)
Gao, I. (TA)
Lin, K. (TA)
Stratta, M. (TA)
Ethayarajh, K. (TA)
Poesia Reis e Silva, G. (TA)
Lowe, S. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
NVIDIA Auditorium

Charikar, M. (PI)
Kwon, M. (TA)
Koyejo, S. (PI)
Tchapmi, M. (TA)
Zhao, Z. (TA)
Khanna, S. (TA)
Shin, D. (TA)
Velu, A. (TA)
Gao, I. (TA)
Singh, A. (TA)
Lee, A. (TA)
Badrinath, A. (TA)
Wu, Y. (TA)
Maxfield, T. (TA)
Srivastava, S. (TA)
Liu, J. (TA)
Agarwal, R. (TA)
Sridhar, A. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
12:20 PM
NVIDIA Auditorium

Amjad, J. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Summer

Tuesday Thursday
4:30 PM
6:15 PM
Skilling Auditorium

Manning, C. (PI)
Penelton, C. (TA)
Mu, J. (TA)
Hanley, H. (TA)
Gao, J. (TA)
Li, S. (TA)
Limonchik, S. (TA)
Kaul, D. (TA)
Khosla, S. (TA)
Frankel, E. (TA)
Gao, I. (TA)
Hewitt, J. (TA)
Papadimitriou, I. (TA)
Cross, C. (TA)
Huang, D. (TA)
Desai, R. (TA)
Poesia Reis e Silva, G. (TA)
Dutta, S. (TA)
Li, L. (TA)
Nagpal, A. (TA)
Liu, H. (TA)
Sui, E. (TA)
Yang, C. (TA)
NI, X. (TA)
Sharma, M. (TA)
Zhang, H. (TA)
Khurana, A. (TA)
Verma, T. (TA)
Garg, A. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM
NVIDIA Auditorium

CS 224W
Units:
3-4

Leskovec, J. (PI)
Nilforoshan, H. (TA)
Li, T. (TA)
Aljubran, M. (TA)
Yu, K. (TA)
Chang, S. (TA)
Su, X. (TA)
Huang, Z. (TA)
Maheshwari, P. (TA)
Nangi, S. (TA)
Bansal, A. (TA)
Sriram, A. (TA)
Sridhar, A. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
NVIDIA Auditorium

CS 229
Units:
3-4

Charikar, M. (PI)
Guestrin, C. (PI)
Ng, A. (PI)
Kim, K. (TA)
Silberg, J. (TA)
Lim, D. (TA)
Bhaskhar, N. (TA)
Kohen Behar, B. (TA)
Jung, S. (TA)
Young, G. (TA)
Khosla, S. (TA)
Balogun, E. (TA)
Cao, Z. (TA)
Yu, L. (TA)
Tran, H. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Skilling Auditorium

CS 229
Units:
3-4

Re, C. (PI)
Ma, T. (PI)
Thomas, G. (TA)
Limonchik, S. (TA)
Kaul, D. (TA)
Khosla, S. (TA)
Z. HaoChen, J. (TA)
Yasunaga, M. (TA)
Liu, H. (TA)
Deng, R. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
NVIDIA Auditorium

CS 229
Units:
3-4

Avati, A. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Summer

Monday Friday
4:30 PM
7:00 PM
NVIDIA Auditorium

CS 230
Units:
3-4

Ng, A. (PI)
Katanforoosh, K. (SI)
Lu, H. (TA)
Nair, S. (TA)
Huang, D. (TA)
Vaidyanath, S. (TA)
Consul, S. (TA)
Sui, E. (TA)
Wang, Y. (TA)
Yang, C. (TA)
Sharma, M. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Wednesday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM
Remote

CS 230
Units:
3-4

Ng, A. (PI)
Yang, C. (TA)
Frankel, E. (TA)
Johnson, D. (TA)
Huang, D. (TA)
Vaidyanath, S. (TA)
Kansal, A. (TA)
Garg, A. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Wednesday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM
Remote

Li, F. (PI)
Clarke, S. (TA)
Shen, W. (TA)
Gao, R. (SI)
Li, Y. (SI)
Liu, Z. (TA)
Hwang, M. (TA)
Agarwala, S. (TA)
He, J. (TA)
Stratta, M. (TA)
Li, H. (TA)
Shi, H. (TA)
Durante, Z. (TA)
Agarwal, T. (TA)
Sharma, M. (TA)
Xiang, T. (TA)
Gao, Y. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
NVIDIA Auditorium

Harris, R. (GP)
Miranda, N. (TA)
Hosono, G. (TA)
Owen, R. (TA)
Sbaih, A. (TA)
Singh, A. (TA)
Tao, S. (TA)
de Nicola, C. (TA)
Xia, L. (TA)
Samala, P. (TA)
Boneh, D. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Gates B1

Zou, J. (PI)
Kundaje, A. (PI)
Wang, A. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
370-370

Chang, E. (PI)
Marklund, H. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM
Gates B12

Boyd, Z. (TA)
Maruniak, A. (TA)
Mendillo, J. (TA)
Durlofsky, L. (PI)
Azevedo, I. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:20 PM
Gates B12

Casciotti, K. (PI)
Dill-De Sa, C. (TA)
Suresh, V. (TA)
Cross, N. (TA)
Romo, B. (TA)
Tennant, K. (TA)
Vitousek, P. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday Friday
11:30 AM
12:20 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center 201

Openshaw, J. (PI)
Jones, J. (PI)
Benjamin, M. (TA)
Salvador, B. (TA)
Suresh, V. (TA)
Lee, J. (TA)
Conway, L. (TA)
Krasovich Southworth, E. (TA)
Maurya, S. (TA)
Patel, M. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
300-300

Maples, S. (PI)
Cochrane, S. (TA)
Maruniak, A. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Mitchell Earth Sciences B67

Boyd, Z. (TA)
Maruniak, A. (TA)
Mendillo, J. (TA)
Durlofsky, L. (PI)
Azevedo, I. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:20 PM
Gates B12

de Chalendar, J. (PI)
Grekin, R. (TA)
Neutel, J. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:20 PM
Green Earth Sciences104

Sheshadri, A. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Y2E2 253

Maples, S. (PI)
Cochrane, S. (TA)
Maruniak, A. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Mitchell Earth Sciences B67

Hoyt, A. (PI)
Regibeau-Rockett, L. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:20 PM
Y2E2 101

Caers, J. (PI)
Mantilla Salas, S. (TA)
Sharma, R. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
Gates B12

Segall, P. (PI)
McBrearty, I. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
Mitchell Earth Sciences350/372

Segall, P. (PI)
Biondi, B. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Monday
1:30 PM
3:20 PM
Mitchell Earth Sciences350/372

Coppess, K. (TA)
Dunham, E. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
300-303

Amieva, M. (PI)
Chen, S. (PI)
Sow, M. (GP)
Carter, J. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Winter

Chueh, W. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
McCullough 122

MS&E 220
Units:
3-4

Wang, R. (TA)
Xu, W. (TA)
Liu, S. (TA)
Wang, Z. (TA)
Shachter, R. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM
Gates B3

Sweeney, J. (PI)
Ota, A. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center 102

Weyant, J. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Shriram 052

Vanorio, T. (PI)
Campani, E. (GP)

2022 - 2023
Spring

STATS 101
Units:
5

Nair, Y. (TA)
Kanekar, R. (TA)
Gablenz, P. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:30 AM
10:20 AM
370-370

STATS 101
Units:
5

Lu, S. (PI)

2022 - 2023
Summer

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:30 AM
10:20 AM
420-041

Robinson, B. (PI)
Cruz, A. (TA)

2022 - 2023
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM
200-303
Not Currently Offered Courses

These courses are approved for one or more the STS concentrations but are not offered this academic year. You may find tabbing back to previous academic years in Explore Courses is helpful to see when courses have been offered historically. STS does not determine when courses in other departments will be offered as course offerings are at the discretion of the departments who own them.

 

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CEE 118Y
Tagged for:
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Technical, Core Engineering and Science, Social Dynamics of Data and Information Socio-Cultural, Politics and Policy Socio-Cultural, Politics and Policy Core

CEE 118Z
Tagged for:
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Technical, Core Engineering and Science, Social Dynamics of Data and Information Socio-Cultural, Politics and Policy Core, Politics and Policy Socio-Cultural

CEE 296
Tagged for:
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Technical

CS 81SI
Tagged for:
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Technical

CS 236
Tagged for:
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Technical

CS 335
Tagged for:
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Technical

CS 421
Tagged for:
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Technical

CSRE 230
Tagged for:
Communication and Media Technical, Politics and Policy Technical, Social Dynamics of Data and Information Technical, Core Engineering and Science, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Core

DESINST 240
Tagged for:
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Technical

EASTASN 217
Tagged for:
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Technical

GEOLSCI 20
Tagged for:
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Technical, Politics and Policy Technical

HISTORY 179C
Tagged for:
Core Social Science and Humanities, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Core, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Socio-Cultural, Core Social Science and Humanities - Global

HISTORY 203C
Tagged for:
Innovation and Organization Socio-Cultural, Core Social Science and Humanities, Life Sciences and Health Socio-Cultural, Politics and Policy Socio-Cultural, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Socio-Cultural, Social Dynamics of Data and Information Socio-Cultural, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Core, Social Dynamics of Data and Information Core, Politics and Policy Core

HISTORY 234P
Tagged for:
Core Social Science and Humanities, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Socio-Cultural, Core Social Science and Humanities - Global, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Core

HISTORY 239T
Tagged for:
Core Social Science and Humanities, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Socio-Cultural, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Core, Communication and Media Core, Communication and Media Socio-Cultural, Politics and Policy Core

HISTORY 243D
Tagged for:
Life Sciences and Health Socio-Cultural, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Socio-Cultural, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Core, Life Sciences and Health Core

ITALIAN 244
Tagged for:
Social Dynamics of Data and Information Core, Communication and Media Core, Life Sciences and Health Core, Social Dynamics of Data and Information Socio-Cultural, Communication and Media Socio-Cultural, Life Sciences and Health Socio-Cultural, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Socio-Cultural, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Core

MATSCI 156
Tagged for:
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Technical

MS&E 330
Tagged for:
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Socio-Cultural, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Core, Core Social Science and Humanities

PHYSICS 201
Tagged for:
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Technical

THINK 65
Tagged for:
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Socio-Cultural, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Core
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