Catalog Year: 2023-2024
Banner Code: LA-MINOR-HIST-STEM
The STEM in Society minor develops strategic and critical thinking capabilities to better understand how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), as well as medicine, impact the human experience - past, present, and future. It provides a broad perspective of the STEM fields, to include how advances are developed, how they fit into the wider context of society and culture, and how historical contexts have in turn shaped advances in these fields.
The skills and competencies gained from this minor are useful to those seeking work in the tech and health care industries, as well as fields like international development and public policy or in non-profits, the government, or think tanks.
The University Catalog is the authoritative source for information on program requirements and courses. The Schedule of Classes is the authoritative source for information on classes scheduled for this semester. See the Schedule for the most up-to-date information and see Patriot web to register for classes. Requirements may be different for earlier catalog years. See the University Catalog archives.
Total credits: 15
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 315 | STEM and Society: A History (Mason Core) | 3 |
| Total Credits | 3 | |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select 12 credits from any of the following courses | 12 | |
| Historical | ||
BIOL 301 |
Biology and Society (Mason Core) | |
COS 301 |
Great Ideas in Science (Mason Core) | |
| Freshman/Sophomore Seminar in Global History | ||
| History of Aviation | ||
| The Digital Past (Mason Core) | ||
| Medicine and Health | ||
| Humans, Disease, and Death (Mason Core) | ||
| Scientific Racism and Human Variation | ||
| Medical Anthropology | ||
| Global Health (Mason Core) | ||
| Health and Environment | ||
| Social Determinants of Health | ||
| Social Determinants of Health | ||
| Global Health and Development | ||
| Ethical Issues in Global Health | ||
| Environment | ||
| Environment and Culture | ||
CEIE 100 |
Environmental Engineering around the World (Mason Core) | |
CLIM 101 |
Global Warming: Weather, Climate, and Society (Mason Core) | |
EVPP 436 |
Politics of Climate Change Governance | |
GGS 307 |
Geographic Approaches for Sustainable Development | |
| Global Environmental Ethics (Mason Core) | ||
| Science and Technology | ||
| Zombies | ||
| Work, Technology, and Society: An IT Perspective (Mason Core) | ||
COS 400 |
Problem Solving and Leadership in STEAM | |
| Science in the News (Mason Core) | ||
| Digital Futures | ||
| IT in the Global Economy | ||
| How Science Works (Mason Core) | ||
| Philosophy of the Natural Sciences | ||
| Topics in Philosophy of Technology | ||
| The Darwinian Revolution in Modern Thought | ||
| Big Data, Technology, and Society | ||
| Policy | ||
EVPP 361 |
Introduction to Environmental Policy | |
EVPP 432 |
Energy Policy | |
NUTR 318 |
Global Nutrition and Food Security | |
NUTR 440 |
Nutrition Policy | |
BENG 375 |
Intellectual Property, Regulatory Concepts and Product Development | |
| Special Topics Courses (with permission of minor director when topic is related to STEM in Society) | ||
| Issues in Anthropology: Social Sciences (Mason Core) | ||
| Issues in Anthropology | ||
ENGR 499 |
Special Topics in Engineering | |
| Special Topics in Global and Community Health | ||
| Global Affairs Capstone (Mason Core) | ||
| Topics in Global Affairs | ||
| Topics in Global History (Mason Core) | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Special Topics | ||
NUTR 495 |
Nutrition and Food Studies Capstone | |
| Special Topics in Sociology | ||
| Total Credits | 12 | |