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