Cross-Educational Courses
This requirement will be fulfilled differently for students completing their degrees in Divisions I/II or Division III/IV. Students with a background in the humanities or social sciences (Divisions I and II) are expected to delve more deeply into an engineering, scientific, or applied science subject that serves the development of their capstone project. Students completing their degree in engineering or the sciences are expected to train more deeply in an analytical or methodological toolkit from the humanities or social sciences as befits their course of study.
Technology Courses (for humanists and social scientists)
These courses are drawn from a set that includes courses specifically designed for a wider campus audience (no prerequisites). Courses offered by the Council on Science and Technology are eligible for this requirement. An advanced, graduate level, or one‐time only course may be used with the permission of the Academic Coordinator. Examples include:
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Course Designation |
Course Name |
|---|---|
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APC 199/MAT 199 |
Math Alive |
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GEO 102A/ ENV102A/ STC 102A |
Climate: Past, Present, and Future |
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CEE 102A/B/EGR 102A/B/MAE 102A/B |
Engineering in the Modern World |
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CEE 207/ENV 207 |
Introduction to Environmental Engineering |
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CEE 325 |
Environmental Biotechnology |
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CEE 274 / STC 374 / ROB 374 |
Autonomous Fabrication and Robotics |
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CEE 344 |
Water, Engineering, and Civilization |
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COS 109/EGR 109 |
Computers in Our World |
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COS 126/EGR 126 |
Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach |
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COS 436 |
Human-Computer Interaction (also a required technology course) |
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ENE 321/CEE 321/ ENV 371 |
Resource Recovery for a Circular Economy |
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ORF 455 |
Energy and Commodities Markets |
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ORF 401 |
Electronic Commerce |
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PHY 115A/STC 115A or PHY 115B/STC 115B |
Physics for Future Leaders |
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EGR/MAE 244 |
Introduction to Biomedical Innovation and Global Health |
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EGR/CBE 260 |
Ethics and Technology: Engineering in the Real World |
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MOL 101 / STC 101 |
From DNA to Human Complexity |
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MOL 205 |
Genes, Health, and Society |
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MOL 460 / STC 460 / GHP 460 |
Diseases in Children: Causes, Costs, and Choices |
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MSE 200 / STC 200 |
Magic Materials |
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ENV 360 |
Biotech Plants and Animals: Frankenfood or Important Innovations? |
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AST 309/MAE 309/ PHY 309/ENE 309 |
The Science of Fission and Fusion Energy |
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STC 209 / EGR 209 / MUS 209 |
Transformations in Engineering and the Arts |
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CEE /ENV/ WWS 334 |
Global Environmental Issues |
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CEE 325 |
Environmental Biotechnology |
Societal Courses (for engineers and scientists)
Select a society course that should ideally provide you with training necessary to complete your independent research. A class that focuses on methods, social theory, ethics, or critical theory at the 200, 300, or 400 level in African American Studies, Anthropology, the Center for Human Values, Comparative Literature, Gender and Sexuality Studies, History, Philosophy or Sociology, can satisfy this requirement if it is open to non-majors. An advanced, graduate level, or one‐time only course may be used with the permission of the Academic Coordinator. Examples include:
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Course Designation |
Course Name |
|---|---|
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ANT 246 / AMS 246 |
Critical Native American and Indigenous Studies |
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ANT 299 / EGR 299 / ENT 299 |
People Centered: Doing Ethnography |
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ANT 302 / ENT 302 |
Ethnography for Research and Design |
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ANT 354 / HUM 373 |
Digital Anthropology: Methods for Exploring Virtual Worlds |
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ANT 392 |
Techniques of Visual Anthropology |
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EGR 201 |
Creating Value: Introduction to Entrepreneurship |
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EGR 395 |
Venture Capital and Finance of Innovation |
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EGR 491/ECE 491 |
High-Tech Entrepreneurship |
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EGR 494 |
Leadership Development for Business |
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ENG 306 / COM 340 |
History of Criticism |
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HIS 278 |
Digital, Spatial, Visual, and Oral Histories |
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PHL 307 / CHV 311 |
Systematic Ethics |
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PHI 371 |
Philosophical Foundations of Probability and Decision Theory |
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POL 327 |
Mass Media, Social Media, and American Politics |
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POL 341 |
Experimental Methods in Social Science |
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SOC 204 |
Social Networks |
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SOC 306/SML 306 |
Machine Learning with Social Data: Opportunities and Challenges |
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SPI 333/SOC 326 |
Law, Institutions, and Public Policy |
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SPI 340/PSY 321 |
The Psychology of Decision Making and Judgment |
Learn about other components of the Minor in Technology and Society:
- Core required course - Technology and Society (EGR/HIS/SOC 277)
- Technology and society courses
- Capstone project