Spring 2021 Undergraduate Subject Schedule

MIT students: Click on the subject numbers for the Stellar and Canvas links. Please note you may not have access to a Canvas or Stellar site unless you are pre-registered/registered for the class or the instructor has given you permission. Please reach out to the instructor directly if you would like access.
Links will become available as Canvas/Stellar sites are completed.
If you have general questions about STS classes, please feel free to reach out to Karen Gardner

 

Subject Number Title & Info Day & Time Instructor(s)
STS.004

Tier I

Intersections: Science, Technology, and the World
HASS-H, 3-0-9
Mon/Wed 2:30-4

Virtual

Deborah Fitzgerald
STS.011
Tier I
Engineering Life: Biotechnology and Society
HASS-H, 3-0-9
Tues/Thurs 11-12:30

Virtual
Synchronous

Robin Scheffler
STS.012

Tier I
Science in Action: Technologies and Controversies in Everyday Life
HASS-S, 3-0-9
Tues/Thurs 1-2:30

Virtual
Synchronous

Dwaipayan Banerjee
STS.022J/
21A.407J/
21G.057J/ WGS.275J
Gender, Race, and Environmental Justice
HASS-S, 3-0-9
Fri 1-4

Virtual

Bettina Stoetzer
STS.023J/ WGS.226J Science, Gender, and Social Inequality in the Developing World
HASS-H, 3-0-9
Tues/Thurs 9:30-11

Virtual

Abha Sur
STS.027J/ 21H.205J
(meets with STS.427)
The Civil War and the Emergence of Modern America: 1861-1890
HASS-H, 3-0-9
Wed 7-10PM

Virtual

Merritt Roe Smith
STS.030 Forensic History: Problem Solving into the Past
HASS-S, 3-0-9
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Mon/Wed 9:30-11

Virtual
Synchronous

Kate Brown
STS.031J/ 21H.185J/ 12.386J
CI-H
Environment and History
HASS-S, 3-0-9
Mon/Wed 1-2:30

Virtual

Kate Brown, Susan Solomon
STS.047 Quantifying People: A History of Social Sciences
HASS-S, 3-0-9
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Tues/Thurs 2:30-4

Virtual
Synchronous

William P Deringer
STS.048 African Americans in Science, Technology, and Medicine
HASS-H, 3-0-9
Mon 7-10PM

Virtual
Synchronous

Kenneth Manning
STS.065J/ 21A.505J The Anthropology of Sound
HASS-H, 3-0-9
Tues/Thurs 2:30-4

Virtual

Ian Condry
STS.075J/ 21A.500J Technology and Culture
HASS-S, 2-0-7
Fri 11-1

Virtual

Lauren Bonilla
STS.082J/ 17.309J/
IDS.055J (meets with STS.482J/
17.310J/ IDS.412J)

CI-H
Science, Technology, and Public Policy
HASS-S, 4-0-8
Mon/Wed 1:30-3 + Rec TBA

Virtual

Ken Oye, Noelle Selin
STS.088 Africa for Engineers
HASS-H, 3-0-9
Wed 7-10PM

Virtual
Synchronous

Chakanetsa Mavhunga