Science and Society (2020 - 2022)
Core Course
Introduction to Science and Society
HIST-UA 66 Formerly HIST-UA 94. Required for the minor. Offered in the fall. Appuhn. 4 points.
Provides a background to the plethora of techniques proffered by the humanities and social sciences in studying the history of science, technology, and medicine. Topics include: Christian Aristotelianism, the rise of experimentation and the Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment science, Darwin’s theory of evolution and the church, eugenics in 20th-century America, machines and humans during the 19th and 20th centuries, historical explanations of disease, gene patenting, race and genes, and the history of HIV/AIDS.
Elective Courses
CAS students may apply 16 points taken in the other schools of NYU toward their degree. Students seeking to raise this limit so as to accommodate the course work of the minor in science and society must consult with the College of Arts and Science Advising Center, Silver Center, Room 905; 212-998-8130. Note that, with the exception of the Graduate School of Arts and Science, courses taken in the other schools of NYU do not count toward the 64-point residency requirement in CAS (-UA) courses for internal and external transfers to the College.
For course descriptions and prerequisites, please consult departmental websites and school Bulletins.
ANTHROPOLOGY
Medical Anthropology
ANTH-UA 35 4 points.
Global Biocultures: Anthropological Perspectives on Public Health
ANTH-UA 36 4 points.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Artificial Intelligence
CSCI-UA 472 4 points.
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
History of Ecology and Environmentalism
ENVST-UA 425 4 points.
Australian Environmental History
ENVST-UA 9450 4 points.
HISTORY
Environmental History of the Early Modern World
HIST-UA 115 4 points.
Premodern Science
HIST-UA 135 4 points.
History of Medicine
HIST-UA 158 4 points.
History of Western Medicine
HIST-UA 202 4 points.
Science, Technology, and the Environment in East Asia
HIST-UA 275 4 points.
Seminar in History of Medicine
HIST-UA 293 4 points.
Topics in History: History of Sexuality and Reproduction
HIST-UA 401 4 points.
Topics in History: Science, Religion, and the Humanities Since Darwin
HIST-UA 443 4 points.
Food and Drugs in Chinese History
HIST-UA 547 4 points.
Topics: Controversies and Debates in Public Health
HIST-UA 569 4 points.
African Ways of Knowing
HIST-UA 572 4 points.
Seminar in History of Science
HIST-UA 750 4 points.
JOURNALISM
Journalism and Society: Covering the Earth
JOUR-UA 503 4 points.
PHILOSOPHY
Minds and Machines
PHIL-UA 5 4 points.
Medical Ethics
PHIL-UA 50 4 points.
Ethics and the Environment
PHIL-UA 53 4 points.
Philosophy of Mind
PHIL-UA 80 4 points.
Philosophy of Science
PHIL-UA 90 4 points.
Philosophy of Biology
PHIL-UA 91 4 points.
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS
Race and Reproduction
SCA-UA 158 4 points.
SOCIOLOGY
Sociology of Medicine
SOC-UA 414 4 points.
Topics: Young Adult Health
SOC-UA 935 4 points.
GALLATIN SCHOOL OF INDIVIDUALIZED STUDY
Disease and Civilization
IDSEM-UG 1059 4 points.
The Darwinian Revolution
IDSEM-UG 1156 4 points.
Origins of the Atomic Age
IDSEM-UG 1207 4 points.
The Trial of Galileo
IDSEM-UG 1231 4 points.
Philosophy of Medicine
IDSEM-UG 1294 4 points.
Ecology and Environmental Thought
IDSEM-UG 1298 4 points.
Rethinking Science
IDSEM-UG 1328 4 points.
Foucault: Biopolitics and the Care of the Self
IDSEM-UG 1339 4 points.
Science and Religion
IDSEM-UG 1514 4 points.
Understanding the Universe
IDSEM-UG 1516 4 points.
Biology and Society
IDSEM-UG 1519 4 points.
Lives in Science
IDSEM-UG 1532 4 points.
The Seen and Unseen in Science
IDSEM-UG 1534 4 points.
Science and Theatre
IDSEM-UG 1551 4 points.
History of Environmental Science
IDSEM-UG 1566 4 points.
Humans, Machines, and Aesthetics
IDSEM-UG 1571 4 points.
Energy
IDSEM-UG 1575 4 points.
Nature, Resources, and the Human Condition
IDSEM-UG 1602 4 points.
Science and Culture
IDSEM-UG 1652 4 points.
The Green Dream
IDSEM-UG 1703 4 points.
The Artificial and the Natural
IDSEM-UG 1720 4 points.
Quantification and Social Thought
IDSEM-UG 1760 4 points.
Minds and Bodies: A History of Neuroscience
IDSEM-UG 1801 4 points.
Darwin’s Origin of the Species
IDSEM-UG 1814 2 points.
Genetics and Society
IDSEM-UG 1832 2 points.
Music and Science
IDSEM-UG 1833 2 points.
Magic Bullets and Blockbuster Brands: Drugs, Disease, and Chemistry in the Modern World
IDSEM-UG 1911 4 points.
The Western History of Madness, From the Bible to DSM-V
IDSEM-UG 1961 4 points.
STEINHARDT SCHOOL OF CULTURE, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Food and Agriculture in the 20th Century
FOOD-UE 1033 3 points.
Food and Nutrition in a Global Society
FOOD-UE 1180 4 points.
Science in the Community
LIBAR-UE 141 4 points.
Disability, Technology, and Media
MCC-UE 1026 4 points.
Media, Technology, and Society
MCC-UE 1034 4 points.
On the Phone: Telephone and Mobile Communication Technology
MCC-UE 1036 4 points.
Visual Culture of Science and Technology
MCC-UE 1411 4 points.
Food Science and Technology
NUTR-UE 1184 3 points.
Health and Society: Introduction to Public Health
PUHE-UE 70 4 points.
Introduction to Public Health Nutrition
PUHE-UE 1315 4 points.
Environmental Health, Social Movements, and Public Policy
PUHE-UE 1323 4 points.
NYU TANDON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
From Heat Engines to Black Holes
HI-UY 2254 4 points.
The History of Light
HI-UY 3244 4 points.
Science and Pseudoscience
PL-UY 2254 4 points.
Space and Spacetime
PL-UY 2274 4 points.
Quantum Mechanics and Information
PL-UY 2294 4 points.
Philosophy of Science
PL-UY 3254 4 points.
Physics, Information, and Computation
PL-UY 3264 4 points.
Relativity and Spacetime
PL-UY 3284 4 points.
Introduction to Science and Technology Studies
STS-UY 1002-A 2 points.
Science, Technology, and Society
STS-UY 2004-A 4 points.
Science and Sexuality
STS-UY 2224 4 points.
Magic, Medicine, and Science
STS-UY 2244 4 points.
History and Philosophy of Internet Technology
STS-UY 2444 4 points.
The Rhetoric of Science
STS-UY 2624 4 points.
Seminar in Science and Technology Studies
STS-UY 3004 4 points.
Science and Difference
STS-UY 3204 4 points.
Hypermedia in Context
STS-UY 3434 4 points.
Science and Technology in the Literary Sphere
STS-UY 3624 4 points.