Approved Program Core Courses

All STS majors must complete both Program Core and Concentration Core requirements. This page describes the Program Core. Concentration Core requirements are available under each concentration.

STS Program Core Requirements:

  1. Gateway Requirement: STS 1 (strongly recommended prior to declaring)

  2. Disciplinary Requirement: Should include at least one Writing in the Major (WIM) course and one STS Global course.

    1. Social Science and Humanities Program Core (PC) Courses. Must complete 4 courses.

    2. Engineering and Science Program Core (PC) Courses. Must complete 2 courses.

  3. Senior Requirement:

    1. STS 200: Senior Capstone (4 or 5 units) or

    2. STS 299: Honors Program (10+ units)

  4. Unit/Grade Requirement: 26+ units; 8 course minimum with C grade minimum

STS Program Core Courses:

  • Employ analytical approaches commonly used in STS
  • Expose students to topics, theories, methods, and ways of thinking important in STS, including (but not limited to) sociotechnical systems, infrastructure, path dependence, social constructivism, ethics, constitutionalism, ethnography, actor-network theory, or history and politics of science, technology, and medicine
  • Cannot be substituted or petitioned
Gateway Requirement: STS 1 (strongly recommended prior to declaring)
Title
Instructor
Quarter
Day, Time

Mullaney, T. (PI)
Martinez, N. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Wednesday
12:30 PM
1:20 PM
Disciplinary Requirement: Social Science and Humanities (Program Core) - 4 Courses
Title
Instructor
Quarter
Day, Time

AMSTUD 145
Units:
5

Kessler, E. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

ANTHRO 42
Units:
5

Jain, S. (PI)
Nevrekar, S. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Garcia, A. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Hansen, T. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
9:30 AM
10:50 AM

ANTHRO 198B
Units:
3

Coleman, C. (PI)
Smith, F. (PI)
Engel, C. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Lugardo, J. (PI)
Shanks, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Wednesday
9:30 AM
10:20 AM

Turner, F. (PI)
Guarna, T. (TA)
Bergmann, R. (TA)
Dill, E. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM

Pomerantz, G. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:50 AM

COMM 184
Units:
5

Li, X. (PI)
Tadesse, H. (TA)
Chen, C. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Li, X. (PI)
Ross, R. (TA)
Akselrad, D. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

Palumbo-Liu, D. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM

Dupuy, J. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Tuesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

Nobles, M. (PI)
Ross, D. (TA)
Charmot, S. (TA)
Ma, S. (TA)
Castro Pena, D. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Nobles, M. (PI)
Weinstein, J. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Naylor, R. (PI)
Varkey, K. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM

LiCausi, T. (TA)
McFarland, D. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Elam, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Schiebinger, L. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Proctor, R. (PI)
Deschamps, N. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
9:30 AM
10:50 AM

HISTORY 140A
Units:
5

Fennell-Chametzky, M. (TA)
Riskin, J. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Schiebinger, L. (PI)
Ayodele, M. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

Wolfe, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Wednesday
10:30 AM
1:20 PM

HISTORY 203C
Units:
5

Proctor, R. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Monday
9:30 AM
12:20 PM

Ryckman, T. (PI)
Kajercline, H. (TA)
Pereira, A. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

Ryckman, T. (PI)
Hall, Z. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

Ryckman, T. (PI)
Hall, Z. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

Trinkunas, H. (PI)
Slate, D. (TA)
Kaufmann, J. (TA)
Salm, M. (TA)
Chen, A. (TA)
Sagan, S. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Wednesday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM

RELIGST 3
Units:
3-5

Kieschnick, J. (PI)
Gurley, C. (TA)
Huddleston, L. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
12:20 PM

SOC 114
Units:
4

Granovetter, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

Robinson, A. (PI)
Montgomery, W. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
1:20 PM

Sato, K. (PI)
Ticea, N. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

URBANST 142
Units:
5

Jain, S. (PI)
Nevrekar, S. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Disciplinary Requirement: Science and Engineering (Program Core) - 2 Courses
Title
Instructor
Quarter
Day, Time

Daily, G. (PI)
Wolny, S. (TA)
Batista, N. (TA)
Levey, D. (TA)
Nguyen, O. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

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

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Wednesday
12:30 PM
2:20 PM

Altman, R. (PI)
Magnus, D. (PI)
Cooper, E. (TA)
Soh, J. (TA)
Wilson, S. (TA)
McRae, K. (TA)
Wang, X. (TA)
Wang, Y. (TA)
Kim, Y. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Wednesday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM

Ruzekowicz, J. (TA)
Teng, X. (TA)
Jacobson, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM

Kopperud, R. (PI)
Teng, X. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:20 PM

Swisher, J. (PI)
Lovins, A. (PI)
Pena Brown, K. (TA)
Ruzekowicz, J. (TA)
Zenagui, A. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

Swisher, J. (PI)
Lovins, A. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

Hsu, K. (PI)
Gragg, D. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Summer

Monday Wednesday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM

Winstein, K. (PI)
Gregg, C. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Tandon, C. (TA)
Miller, R. (TA)
Murran, A. (TA)
Venukanthan, S. (TA)
Aguirre, S. (TA)
Calvo, M. (TA)
Fine, J. (TA)
Frank, Z. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM

Jones, J. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Peterson-Nafziger, C. (PI)
Dutta Gupta, T. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

Wong-Parodi, G. (PI)
Berlin Rubin, N. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

Lepech, M. (PI)
Laskowski, A. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Lepech, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Fong, D. (PI)
Lepech, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Summer

Jaffe, D. (PI)
Ojeaburu, H. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM

Tabor, H. (PI)
Hirsch, K. (PI)
Rao, A. (TA)
Shah, R. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Lotidis, K. (TA)
Bambos, N. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Wednesday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM

Lin, H. (PI)
Bhaskara, V. (TA)
Legrand, A. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
Senior Requirement: Senior Capstone
Title
Instructor
Quarter
Day, Time

Nguot, T. (TA)
Edwards, P. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM

Banks, A. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM

LiCausi, T. (TA)
McFarland, D. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Sato, K. (PI)
Fox, A. (SI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Not Currently Offered
Title

ANTHRO 132C
Tagged for:
Communication and Media Socio-Cultural, Politics and Policy Socio-Cultural, Innovation and Organization Socio-Cultural, Life Sciences and Health Socio-Cultural, Core Social Science and Humanities, Innovation and Organization Core, Communication and Media Core, Life Sciences and Health Core, Politics and Policy Core, Social Dynamics of Data and Information Socio-Cultural, Core Social Science and Humanities - Global, Social Dynamics of Data and Information Core

ANTHRO 138
Tagged for:
Life Sciences and Health Socio-Cultural, Core Social Science and Humanities, Core Social Science and Humanities - Global, Life Sciences and Health Core, Politics and Policy Core, Politics and Policy Socio-Cultural

ANTHRO 186
Tagged for:
Life Sciences and Health Socio-Cultural, Core Social Science and Humanities, Core Social Science and Humanities - Global, Life Sciences and Health Core

CEE 173
Tagged for:
Core Engineering and Science - Global

COMM 137W
Tagged for:
Politics and Policy Socio-Cultural, Core Social Science and Humanities - WIM, Core Social Science and Humanities, Communication and Media Socio-Cultural

COMM 142W
Tagged for:
Core Social Science and Humanities, Communication and Media Socio-Cultural, Core Social Science and Humanities - WIM

CS 182W
Tagged for:
Core Engineering and Science - WIM, Core Engineering and Science

CS 339H
Tagged for:
Social Dynamics of Data and Information Socio-Cultural, Core Engineering and Science

ENGLISH 261E
Tagged for:
Communication and Media Socio-Cultural, Social Dynamics of Data and Information Core, Communication and Media Core, Core Social Science and Humanities

HISTORY 79C
Tagged for:
Core Social Science and Humanities

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 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 235D
Tagged for:
Innovation and Organization Socio-Cultural, Innovation and Organization Core, Communication and Media Socio-Cultural, Communication and Media Core, Politics and Policy Socio-Cultural, Politics and Policy Core, Core Social Science and Humanities

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

PHIL 61
Tagged for:
Core Social Science and Humanities

POLISCI 233F
Tagged for:
Politics and Policy Core, Politics and Policy Socio-Cultural, Core Social Science and Humanities, Core Social Science and Humanities - Global

STS 200R
Tagged for:
STS Senior Capstone

SUSTAIN 2
Tagged for:
Core Engineering and Science