Each of the Science, Technology, and Values courses listed has a cross-listing in one or another of the regular departments of the university. STV Minors may enroll in these as STV courses.

STUDENTS WISHING TO USE STV COURSES TO SATISFY UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS MUST REGISTER FOR THEM AS DEPARTMENTAL COURSES, FOR EXAMPLE, AS A PHILOSOPHY RATHER THAN AS AN STV COURSE. STUDENTS SHOULD ALSO CONSULT WITH THE STV DIRECTOR (Greg Macklem) BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO "DOUBLE-COUNT" STV COURSES FOR UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS.

All courses listed as STV offerings are open only to students enrolled in the STV Minor until the end of the third period of registration. All STV students are required to register for STV 27999 (no credit, no grade) in order to register for any STV courses. This gateway course is by permission only.

STV 20556 IS REQUIRED FOR ALL STUDENTS IN THE STV MINOR.  NOTE THAT IT IS TAUGHT IN FALL SEMESTERS ONLY AND SO IS NOT AVAILABLE THIS SPRING.

Students will satisfy the distribution requirements by taking a course in each of the three clusters plus the fourth course either in one of these areas or from those marked "Elective":
1. "Human Dimensions of Science and Technology" (Human Dimensions);
2. "Science, Technology and Ethics" (Ethics); and
3. "Science, Technology and Public Policy" (Public Policy)

Note that under the course numbering format that course numbers now correspond to the STV clusters:

xx1xx = Human Dimensions cluster
xx2xx = Ethics cluster
xx3xx = Public Policy cluster
xx4xx = Elective
xx5xx = Core course
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STV 27999      Gateway Course for STV Minors
CRN: 24314

This course is required for all STV students to register for any STV courses. It is a no-credit, no-grade course which will not show up on the transcript, but is intended to simplify the registration process. Be sure to register for this course before attempting to register for other STV courses.
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Human Dimensions of Science and Technology
(Note: all these course numbers are xx1xx)

STV 20105      Theories of Sexual Difference
Instructor: Kourany                                      TR 2:00 - 3:15
CRN: 28433                                                    Crosslist: PHIL 20205
An examination of the following questions: What kind of differences separate men and women? Are these differences natural or are they socially produced, and are these differences beneficial to us or are they limiting? What does equality mean for people characterized by such differences?
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STV 20154      Modern Physics and Moral Responsibility
Instructor: Howard                                   TR 2:00 - 3:15
CRN: 28439                                                 Crosslist: PHIL 20604
This class examines such questions as: What are the moral responsibilities of the scientist? Should the scientist be held accountable for what might be done with the results of his or her scientific research? Does the scientist have any special role to play, as a citizen, in public debate about science policy? Should the scientist sometimes simply refuse to engage in some kinds of research because of moral concern about the consequences of research of that area? No special background in physics will be assumed.
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STV 30110      Health, Healing and Culture
Instructor: Lende                                    TR 9:30 - 10:45
CRN: 28397                                               Crosslist: ANTH 35210
This course introduces the field of medical anthropology, which examines beliefs, practices, and experiences of illness, health, and healing from a cross-cultural perspective. This course will consider the ways in which medical anthropology has historically been influenced by debates within the discipline of anthropology, as well as by broader social and political movements. Particular emphasis will be placed on the importance of viewing biomedicine as one among many culturally constructed systems of medicine.
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STV 30111     Environmental Sociology
Instructor: Sobolewski                             MWF 8:30 - 9:20
CRN: 28678                                                  Crosslist: SOC 30910
This course will explore the relationship between human societies and the larger natural environment of which they are a part. The main focus of the course will be modern society, but we will also review the history of resource use, pollution, wilderness preservation, environmental movements, and other environmental developments. This course is mainly oriented towards a theoretical perspective and will cover different schools of thought to help students understand the ecological world that surrounds them. The course will be divided into four parts (the moral, the material, the ideal, and the practical).
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STV 30113      Classical Origins of Medical Terminology
Instructor: Ladouceur                                TR 12:30 - 1:45
CRN: 25958                                                   Crosslist: CLAS 30330
Scientists have long recognized that considerable learning in science is based on education in vocabulary. More than 95 percent of medical technical terminology is drawn from Greek and Latin. This complex terminology satisfies a need for precise words to facilitate the exchange of ideas and arose because people of learning employed the classical languages for their concepts and descriptions well into the 19th century. To the modern student without Greek and Latin, terms like hemiballismus, encephalomalacia, and chistosternia are indecipherable. This course will introduce the student to the elements of Greek and Latin sufficient to dissect and decode even the most unusual terms. It will focus on the basic roots, suffixes, and prefixes but also place them within the intellectual context of ancient and modern medical theories so that the student will come away from the course with some sense of the history of medicine and its language. Lectures on mythical figures will also illuminate the origin of certain bioscientific terms: the extremely poisonous alkaloid atropine, for example, derives its name from Atropos, one of the three sisters of fate who measure out a person's life. Anatomic models and charts will be employed as well as slides examining a wide range of pathologies
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STV 30161     History of Television
Instructor: Ohmer                                TR 3:30 - 4:45
CRN: 28675                                            Crosslist: FTT 30461
This course analyzes the history of television, spanning from its roots in radio broadcasting to the latest developments in digital television. In assessing the many changes across this span, the course will cover such topics as why the American television industry developed as a commercial medium in contrast to most other national television industries; how television programming has both reflected and influenced cultural ideologies through the decades; and how historical patterns of television consumption have shifted due to new technologies and social changes. Through studying the historical development of television programs and assessing the industrial, technological, and cultural systems out of which they emerged, the course will piece together the catalysts responsible for shaping this highly influential medium.
Please Note: Students registering for STV 30161 must also register for STV 31161- History of Television Lab.
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STV 31161     History of Television Lab
Instructor: Ohmer                                T 5:00 - 6:45
CRN: 28701                                            Crosslist: FTT 31461
This is the required lab section for STV 30161. During the lab times, certain television shows will be viewed for further discussion in class.
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STV 30189     Philosophical Issues in Physics
Instructor: Bland                                MW 1:30 - 2:45
CRN: 28464                                         Crosslist: PHIL 30389
This course is intended for non-science students who desire to begin an examination of the origins of the modern laws of physics and for science students who wish to know the actual route to the discovery and the broader implications of the formal theories with which they are already familiar. The historical background to and philosophical questions associated with major laws of physics will be discussed, in large measure by examining directly relevant excerpts from the writings of some of the creators of seminal concepts and theories in physics. The latter part of the course will concentrate on historical and philosophical issues related to relativity and especially to quantum theory and its interpretation..
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STV 40125      Gender and Health
Instructor: Smith                                      MW 11:45 - 1:00
CRN: 27920                                                Crosslist: ANTH 40825
This course looks at the intersection of gender, health policy, and health care organization around the world. Some of the issues to be discussed include: medicalization of the female body; critical medical anthropology; the politics of reproduction; social production of illness and healing; politics, poverty, and health; national and international health and development policies.
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STV 40135      Philosophy of Science
Instructor: Pitts                               MW 3:00 - 4:15
CRN: 25884                                      Crosslist: PHIL 43701
Does science represent a distinct way of knowing, set apart from other forms of knowledge by the security and universality of its claims? What is the basis of scientific knowledge? What are its methods? What are its scope and limits?This course will provide a survey of the major concepts and issues examined in contemporary philosophy of science, including explanation, confirmation, the role of convention in science, and the realism/instrumentalism debate. The emphasis will be on the way these issues have been treated in the mainstream analytic tradition during the 20th century, but we will also look at challenges to that tradition deriving from such sources as Thomas Kuhn's historicist approach to the philosophy of science, social constructivism, and feminist philosophy of science.
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STV 40137      Philosophy of Mathematics
Instructor: Bays                                       TR 9:30 - 10:45
CRN: 25885                                                Crosslist: PHIL 43906
A survey of central issues in the philosophy of mathematics.
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STV 40151      Psychology and Medicine
Instructor: Kolberg, White                         TR 3:30 - 4:45
CRN: 23532                                                   Crosslist: PSY 43531
This course has two basic objectives. First, it examines from a lifespan and psychobiological perspective the factors that place individuals at different stages of life at risk for illness and assist them in maintaining their health. In addition, it addresses a variety of challenging psychological and social issues that physicians and other healthcare professionals must face in the practice of medicine. The course covers a range of topics dealing with health issues related to different stages of human development (childhood, adolescence, and adulthood), disabled populations, culture and gender, stress, physician-patient interactions, death and dying, professional ethics, and social policies relating to health care. The course is primarily intended for students intending to enter medical school. Most classes will involve brief formal presentations by the instructors and invited guests, followed by discussion of assigned readings pertinent to the day's topic. In addition, students will be exposed, through a limited practicum, to a variety of medical settings.
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STV 40154      Cultural Aspects of Clinical Medicine
Instructor: Wolosin                                      TR 5:00 – 6:15* (4 credits)
CRN: 23073                                                    Crosslist: ANTH 35250
The course examines popular medical concepts and expectations patients bring with them to the clinical or hospital setting, as well as the attitudes, organization, and goals of the clinical medical care. Students divide their time between classroom and service as patient/family liaisons in an area emergency room. Please note the following:

• Open only to juniors and seniors
• Students are required to sign a waiver, to present evidence of immunizations, and to receive a TB skin test.
• Students must have access to transportation to participate in the ER internships
• Students must be able to spend one 4 hour evening session per week in hospital internship

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STV 43111      The Life and Works of Darwin
Instructor: Ramsey                         MW 1:30 - 2:45
CRN: 28473                                       Crosslist: PHIL 43711
Through Darwin's work and biographic material about Darwin, we examine his ideas as well as the social context in which these Ideas were developed.
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Science, Technology and Ethics
(Note: all these course numbers are xx2xx)

STV 20225    Ethics of Technology
Instructor: Reed                                        TR 5:00 - 6:15
CRN: 28447                                                 Crosslist: PHIL 20625
An examination of the role of technology in our lives and whether and in what ways technological innovations make us better or worse.
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STV 30201     Introduction to Clinical Ethics
Instructor: Foster                                        MW 3:00 - 4:15
CRN: 24883                                                   Crosslist: SCPP 30300
The focus of the course will be an examination of the advances in medicine over the last 30 years that have challenged traditional values and ethical norms, and the institutional processes and procedures in place that facilitate decision-making in the health care setting. It will include a sketch of the most recent advances in the various fields of medicine, followed by an examination of the clinical and ethical questions they raise and how they have affected the physician-patient relationship.
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STV 30233      Theology and Engineering
Instructor: Sain                                             MWF 11:45 – 12:35
CRN: 24482                                                    Crosslist: EE 30333
A one-semester introduction to the feedback principles involved in making good choices and avoid bad choices. Topics from feedback system theory are introduced as needed, and used to characterize such decision-making processes, to determine the challenges inherent in them, and to offer engineering experience toward robustly and optimally tracking good goals, while resisting disturbances and negative influences, all in the presence of sensitive or unknown parameters. Application of the ideas to systematic theology provides an interface with the University's theology/philosophy core requirements.
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STV 40216      Bio-Medical Ethics and Public Health Risk
Instructor: Shrader-Frechette                  T 3:30 – 6:00
CRN: 23531                                                   Crosslist: PHIL 43708
An analysis of the ethical theories provided by contemporary philosophers to guide research and practice in biomedicine. The course will focus on analysis of contemporary public health problems created by environmental/technological pollution and will address classic cases of biomedical ethics problems.
Please Note: Students who are not pre-med, engineering, or science majors need the professor's permission to take this course.
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STV 40230      Internet and Society
Instructor: Monaghan                               TR 11:00 - 12:15
CRN: TBA                                                     Crosslist: CAPP 40210
This course will spend the semester studying the impact the World Wide Web has had on several key areas of our society, including communications, commerce, marketing, productivity, education, collaboration, and our sense of community. Through a combination of discussion, group presentation, guest lectures, and out of class research, students will be exposed to some of the profound effects this medium has had on our culture. In spite of the bursting of the dot come bubble, the Web has left all of the above mentioned areas substantially changed, many for the long term. The positive and negative forces brought on by this technology must be recognized, studied, and dealt with if we are to truly embrace the momentous opportunities brought about by the World Wide Web.
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Science, Technology, and Public Policy
(Note: all these course numbers are xx3xx)

STV 20306      Environmental Chemistry
Instructor: Kamat                           TR 2:00 – 3:15
CRN: 22415                                      Crosslist: CHEM 20204
Discussion of basic chemical processes occurring in the environment, particularly those relating to the impact of humanity's technological enterprise.
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STV 30343      Environmental Politics
Instructor: TBA                          TR 3:30 - 4:45
CRN: 28493                                 Crosslist: POLS 30143
The first half of the course provides an overview of major American environmental policies such as regulating land use and preservation, water, air, and endangered species. The second half of the course deals more directly with issues of policy formulation, implementation and enforcement.
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STV 33370      Economics of Science
Instructor: Mirowski                          TR 2:00 - 3:15
CRN: 28429                                           Crosslist: ECON 33270
This course describes the changing history of the organization and susbsidy of scientific research, then surveys the different methods of economic theories and applied scientific process.
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STV 43302      Population Dynamics
Instructor: Williams                                   MW 1:30 - 2:45
CRN: 24483                                                  Crosslist: SOC 43402
Demography, the science of population, is concerned with virtually everything that influences, or can be influenced by, population size, distribution, processes, structure, or characteristics. This course pays particular attention to the causes and consequences of population change. Changes in fertility, migration, mortality, technology, lifestyle and culture have dramatically affected the United States and other nations of the world. These changes have implications for a number of areas: hunger, the spread of illness and disease, environmental degradation, health services, household formation, the labor force, marriage and divorce, care for the elderly, birth control, poverty, urbanization, business marketing strategies, and political power. An understanding of these is important as business, government and individuals attempt to deal with the demands of a changing population.
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Electives
(Note: all these courses are numbered xx4xx. Remember that the fifth course can be fulfilled by any STV course. The courses below can only count towards the fifth course requirement.)

STV 20431      Philosophy and Cosmology: A Revolution
Instructor: Bland                                   MW 11:45 - 1:00
CRN: 28443                                            Crosslist: PHIL 20612
In the 17th century there was a revolution in our view of the cosmos and of our own place in it. Most vivid, perhaps was the change from believing that the Earth is at the center of everything to believing that the Earth is just one planet among many, orbiting the sun. This course will consider how and why these changes took place.
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