Life Sciences and Health

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This concentration covers topics such as genetics, biotechnology, bioethics, medical ethics, mental and physical illnesses, public health, patients’ rights, body politics, and various other domains in which new knowledges and technologies produce and are produced by societal phenomena.

STS Concentration Area Requirements

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

Horn, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
12:50 PM

Garcia, A. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
200-034

ANTHRO 119W
Units:
3

Navarro, A. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
Green Earth Sciences131

Luhrmann, T. (PI)
Mason, D. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

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

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM

Li, X. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

Rehnborg, J. (TA)
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
200-002

Jones, J. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

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

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Lathrop 299

FEMGEN 147
Units:
4-5

Butler-Wall, A. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM
460-334

Alduy, C. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday
4:30 PM
6:20 PM

GENE 104Q
Units:
3

Greely, H. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
11:30 AM
12:50 PM
LAW 272

Schiebinger, L. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

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

2023 - 2024
Spring

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

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

HISTORY 203C
Units:
5

Proctor, R. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Monday
9:30 AM
12:20 PM
Encina West 208

Schiebinger, L. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

HUMBIO 2B
Units:
5

Pritchard, J. (PI)
Saperstein, A. (PI)
Salmeen, A. (GP)
Fouka, V. (PI)
Lu, J. (TA)
Elaiho, D. (TA)
Nies, A. (TA)
Nesamoney, S. (TA)
Preston, K. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
320-105

Salmeen, A. (GP)
Nation, J. (PI)
Baker, L. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM

Kurina, L. (PI)
Frank, M. (PI)
Salmeen, A. (GP)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM

HUMBIO 174
Units:
3

Magnus, D. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Heaney, C. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Thursday
2:00 PM
4:50 PM

Donaldson, K. (PI)
Barry, M. (PI)
Mairal, A. (PI)
Gilon, Y. (SI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Wednesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM
Li Ka Shing Center, room 120

Pietzsch, J. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Friday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM

Perez Blanco, A. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Trounce, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Wednesday
12:30 PM
2:20 PM
Li Ka Shing Center, room 130

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

Robinson, A. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
1:20 PM
Pigott Theatre

Undheim, T. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

Sato, K. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Encina Center 464

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

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

Singer, S. (PI)
Cheung, J. (PI)
Downs, S. (PI)
Bloom, G. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday
3:30 PM
5:20 PM
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

Horn, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
12:50 PM

Garcia, A. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
200-034

Luhrmann, T. (PI)
Mason, D. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

Li, X. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM

Rehnborg, J. (TA)
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
200-002

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

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Lathrop 299

Schiebinger, L. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

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

2023 - 2024
Spring

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

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

Schiebinger, L. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM

Robinson, A. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
1:20 PM
Pigott Theatre

Sato, K. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
Encina Center 464

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

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
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

Klein, R. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

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

Hekmat-Scafe, D. (PI)
Sambel, L. (TA)
Nyame, K. (TA)
Aizezi, Y. (TA)
Malladi, S. (PI)
Cyert, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Monday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
Lathrop 299

Hekmat-Scafe, D. (PI)
Malladi, S. (PI)
Cyert, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

WU, A. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Hekmat-Scafe, D. (PI)
Malladi, S. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday
1:30 PM
2:20 PM

BIO 82
Units:
4

Khalfan, W. (PI)
Simon, M. (PI)
Bergmann, D. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

Gozani, O. (PI)
Khalfan, W. (PI)
Mishra, N. (GP)
Dixon, S. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
STLC 111

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
4:30 PM
5:50 PM

Dirzo, R. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Friday
2:30 PM
3:20 PM
STLC 115

Sapolsky, R. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
3:00 PM

Engel, A. (PI)
Hernandez-Lopez, R. (PI)
Johnson, A. (TA)
Archibald, B. (TA)
Mishra, V. (TA)
Field, H. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
9:30 AM
10:20 AM
Wilfred Uytengsu TchngCntr112

Engel, A. (PI)
Brophy, J. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Wednesday
9:30 AM
10:20 AM

Brophy, J. (PI)
Endy, D. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:20 PM

BIOE 101
Units:
3

Covert, M. (PI)
Heath, J. (TA)
Kuglen, B. (TA)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Monday Wednesday Friday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM
Ceras 300

BIOE 103
Units:
4

Deisseroth, K. (PI)
Engel, A. (PI)
Fischbach, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

CHEM 31A
Units:
5

Schwartz Poehlmann, J. (PI)
Martinez, T. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Wednesday
6:00 PM
7:20 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center 201

CHEM 31B
Units:
5

Schwartz Poehlmann, J. (PI)
Cui, B. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM

Brennan, M. (PI)
Wender, P. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM

Brennan, M. (PI)
Tarhan, K. (TA)
Kool, E. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM

Markland, T. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday Friday
11:30 AM
12:20 PM

EE 102A
Units:
4

Kahn, J. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

EE 102B
Units:
4

Schroeder, D. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

Roth, G. (TA)
Aldrete, C. (TA)
Swartz, J. (PI)
Khosla, C. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM
Hewlett Teaching Center 103

Talbot, W. (PI)
Sherlock, G. (PI)
Salmeen, A. (GP)
McGlynn, M. (TA)
Rouillard, N. (TA)
Li, M. (TA)
Shin, A. (TA)
Baker, J. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
9:30 AM
10:20 AM
320-105

HUMBIO 3A
Units:
5

Salmeen, A. (GP)
Nusse, R. (PI)
Fuller, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
9:30 AM
10:20 AM

HUMBIO 4A
Units:
5

Fisher, P. (PI)
Parikh, V. (PI)
Salmeen, A. (GP)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
9:30 AM
10:20 AM

Parikh, R. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Monday Wednesday
11:30 AM
1:20 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center 102

Altamirano, J. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM

OSPAUSTL 10
Units:
3

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Smith, T. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

OSPAUSTL 32
Units:
3

Tibbetts, I. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

PHYSICS 21
Units:
4

Michelson, P. (PI)
Nanavati, C. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM
STLC 114

Schleier-Smith, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM

Jackson, M. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Monday Wednesday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM

Fan, J. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Autumn

Monday Wednesday Friday
9:30 AM
10:50 AM
420-040

Kim, G. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

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

Walther, G. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

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

STATS 141
Units:
5

Erdmann-Pham, D. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Winter

Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM

Taylor, J. (PI)

2023 - 2024
Spring

Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
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.

 

Title

AMSTUD 41Q
Tagged for:
Life Sciences and Health Socio-Cultural, Life Sciences and Health Core

ANTHRO 113
Tagged for:
Life Sciences and Health Technical

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

COMPMED 87Q
Tagged for:
Life Sciences and Health Technical

CS 102
Tagged for:
Communication and Media Technical, Innovation and Organization Technical, Politics and Policy Technical, Life Sciences and Health Technical, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Technical, Social Dynamics of Data and Information Technical

EE 169
Tagged for:
Communication and Media Technical, Innovation and Organization Technical, Life Sciences and Health Technical, Social Dynamics of Data and Information Technical

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

HISTORY 243G
Tagged for:
Life Sciences and Health Socio-Cultural, Life Sciences and Health Core

HUMBIO 51
Tagged for:
Life Sciences and Health Technical

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

ITALIAN 344
Tagged for:
Social Dynamics of Data and Information Core, Communication and Media Core, Life Sciences and Health Core

OSPPARIS 76
Tagged for:
Life Sciences and Health Technical

OSPSANTG 85
Tagged for:
Life Sciences and Health Technical, Nature and Environment Technical

PHIL 85
Tagged for:
Life Sciences and Health Core, Core Social Science and Humanities, Life Sciences and Health Socio-Cultural

STATS 101
Tagged for:
Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Technical, Communication and Media Technical, Innovation and Organization Technical, Politics and Policy Technical, Social Dynamics of Data and Information Technical, Life Sciences and Health Technical

STS 190
Tagged for:
Innovation and Organization Socio-Cultural, Life Sciences and Health Socio-Cultural, Politics and Policy Socio-Cultural, Life Sciences and Health Core, Politics and Policy Core, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Socio-Cultural, Catastrophic Risks and Solutions Core, Innovation and Organization Core, Communication and Media Core, Communication and Media Socio-Cultural