SCIENCE STUDIES NETWORK MASTER COURSE LIST
UW - SEATTLE
UNDERGRADUATE
Anthropology (ANTH):
458 – Ethnobiology
Earth and Space Sciences (ESS):
408 – Great Geological Issues
English (ENGL)
121B –“Service-Learning, Sonic Culture, and Media Activism"
Genome Sciences (GENOME):
475 – Debates in Genetics
History (HIST):
211 – Introduction to the History of Science
215 – The History of the Atomic Bomb
217 – The Space Age
219 – Science and Art in European History
245 – Exploration and Empire: Art, Science and Global Power, 1300-2000
290/CHID 270 – History of Eugenics
310 – Science and Religion in Historical Perspective
311 – Science in Civilization: Antiquity to 1600
312 – Science in Civilization: Science in Modern Society
313 (also ASTR 313) – Science in Civilization: Physics and Astrophysics since 1850
314 – The Psychoanalytic Revolution in Historical Pespective
315 – History of Technology to 1940
316- History of American Science (?)
317 (also MHE 422) - ??
318 (also MHE 424) - ??
388 – Newton & Newtonianism
390 – Colloquium in History and Science
412 – Science and the Enlightenment
490 – Topics in History, Biology, Society, and Human Diversity
494 – Science in Russia and the Soviet Union
498- History of Eugenics in American Society
History and Philosophy of Science (HPS):
400 – HPS capstone colloquium
JacksonSchool of International Studies (SIS):
350 – Environmental Norms in International Politics
Philosophy (PHIL):
160 - Why Do We Believe in Quarks, Evolution, and Other Crazy Things? Perspectives on Science, Reason, and Reality
243 – Environmental Ethics
350 – Introduction to Epistemology
360 – Introductory Topics in Philosophy of Science
406 – Philosophical Topics in Feminism
416/ENVIR 416 – Ethics and Climate Change (Winter)
450 – Epistemology
460 – Philosophy of Science
464 – Philosophical Issues in the Cognitive Sciences
466 – Philosophy of the Social Sciences
473 – Philosophy of Mathematic
481 – Philosophy of Biology (Spring)
482 – Philosophy of Physical Science
483 – Induction and Probability
GRADUATE
Anthropology (ANTH):
574/PHG 521/NURS 582 – Culture, Society, and Genomics
Communication (COM):
540 –The Rhetoric of Science
597 –Theories of Technology & Society.
Genome Sciences (GENOME):
580 – Ethics in Biomedical Research and Teaching
Health Services (HSERV):
551 –Health Law
Law (LAW):
A 527 – Environmental Law: Pollution Control
H 508 – Beginning of Life: Rights and Choices (Winter)
H 509 – End of Life: Rights and Choices (Spring)
H 570 – Biotechnology and the Law (Spring)
Philosophy (PHIL):
560 – Graduate Seminar in Philosophy of Science (Spring)
501/ENVIR 535/PHYS 535/ZOOL 523 – Foresight in Science and Technology: Choices and Consequences
Public Affairs (PB AF):
506 – Ethics and Public Policy
585– Topics in Science, Technology, and Public Policy
586 – International Science and Technology Policy
589/ CEE 560/ ENVH 577 –Risk Assessment for Env. Health Hazards
590 – Environmental Policy Processes (Offered jointly with CFR 592)
593 –US Energy Policy
594 –Environmental Policy Analysis: Risks and Values
595–Topics in Environmental Policy and Management
596 –Ethics and Values in Environmental and Natural Resource Policy
597 –Role of Scientific Information in Environmental Decisions (Spring)
Public Health Genetics (PHG):
512/LAW H 504/MHE 514 –Legal, Ethical, and Social Issues in Public Health Genetics (Fall)
523/LAW H 520 – Genetics and the Law (Winter)
522/MHE 516 – Ethical Frameworks for Public Health Genetics (Spring/Even years)
525/MHE 515 – Public Commentary on Ethical Issues in Health Genetics (Spring/Odd years)
541 – Economic and Policy Issues for Genetic Technologies and Services (Fall)
551/MHE 551 – Human Genomics: Science, Ethics, and Society
590 –Special Topics/Human Genomics: Science Ethics and Society (Spring)
Medical History and Ethics (MHE):
497 – Special Electives in Medical History and Ethics (Variable)
523 – Biomedical Ethics
536 – Research Ethics and Regulation (Winter)
School of Marine Affairs (SMA):
521 –Governmental Responses to Global Climate Change
UW-BOTHELL
INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS AND SCIENCES – Science, Technology and the Environment (STE)
STE Courses:
- BIS 242 Environmental Geography
- BES 301 Science Methods & Practices
- BIS 307 Technology & Society
- BIS 356 Ethics & the Environment
- BIS 386 Global Environmental Issues
- BIS 392 Water & Sustainability
- BIS 393 Special Topics: Redesigning Humanity: Science Fiction & the Body
- BIS 411 Biotechnology & Society
- BIS 458 Energy, Environment & Society
- BES 489 Pacific Northwest Ecosystems
A. STE Core Courses:
- BES 301 Science Methods and Practice
B. Skills Courses:
- BIS 231 Linear Algebra with Applications
- BIS 232 Using, Understanding and Visualizing Quantitative Data
- BIS 312 Approaches to Social Research
- BIS 315 Understanding Statistics
- BIS 447 Topics in Quantitative Inquiry
C. Environmental Science Courses:
- BES 180 / 200 /220 Introductory Biology
- BES 311 Environmental Chemistry
- BES 312 Ecology
- BES 315 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory
- BES 316 Ecological Methods
- BES 317 Soils Laboratory
- BES 362 Introduction to Restoration Ecology
- BES 415 Advanced Environmental Measurements Laboratory
- BES 430 Air Pollution and Health
- BES 439 Computer Modeling and Visualization in Environmental Science
- BES 459 Compost and Organic Soil Amendments
- BES 462 / 463 / 464 Restoration Ecology Capstone
- BES 485 Conservation Biology
- BES 486 Watershed Ecology and Management
- BES 487 Field Lab in Wildland Plants and Soils
- BES 488 Wetland Ecology
- BES 489 Pacific Northwest Ecosystems
- BES 491 Undergraduate Research in Environmental Science
- BES 492 / 493 Capstone Research in Environmental Science I & II
- BIS 240 Introduction to Sustainable Practices
- BIS 242 Environmental Geography
- BIS 243 Introduction to Environmental Issues
- BIS 306 Marine Diversity and Conservation
- BIS 346 Topics in Environmental Policy
- BIS 356 Ethics and the Environment
- BIS 358 Issues in Environmental Science
- BIS 386 Global Environmental Issues
- BIS 390 Ecology and the Environment
- BIS 391 Recycling: Ethics, Opportunities, and Realities
- BIS 392 Water and Sustainability
- BIS 458 Energy, the Environment and Society
- BIS 459 Conservation and Sustainable Development
- BIS 482 Problems in Interdisciplinary Science
D. Technology, Science and Society:
- BIS 205 Technologies of Expression
- BIS 250 How Things Work: Motion and Mechanics
- BIS 251 How Things Work: Electricity and Invention
- BIS 302 Issues in Mathematics Across Cultures
- BIS 314 --Topics in Geography
- BIS 307 Technology and Society
- BIS 329 --Topics in Mathematics Across the Curriculum
- BIS 350 The Concept of Number
- BIS 355 History of Science and Technology
- BIS 388 The Philosophy and Science of Quantum Mechanics
- BIS 411 Biotechnology and Society
- BIS 421 Technology Policy
- BIS 482 Problems in Interdisciplinary Science