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[edit] Vassar College

LOCATION: Poughkeepsie, NY

PROGRAM NAME: Science, Technology and Society

PROGRAM TYPE: Undergraduate

URL: http://sciencetechnologyandsociety.vassar.edu/

Vassar College's Main Building
Vassar College's Main Building

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Vassar College is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college situated in Poughkeepsie, New York. Founded as a women's college in 1861, it was the first member of the Seven Sisters to become coeducational. U.S. News & World Report ranks it #12 among liberal arts programs in the United States.

"The multidisciplinary program in Science, Technology, and Society is designed to enable students to pursue three objectives: a) to better understand the central role of science and technology in the emergence of advanced industrial society; b) to consider the social, political, philosophical, and cultural implications of the human experience in a technological society; and c) to explore possible directions of future development, using alternative social theories and perceptions" (quoted from the Vassar STS Program's Web site).

Degree offered: B.A.

Curriculum: Courses offered

Director: James F. Challey (Physics and Science, Technology and Society)

Steering Committee: Janet Gray (Psychology), Richard B. Hemmes (Biology), Lucy Lewis Johnson (Anthropology), Robert E. McAulay (Sociology), Marque Miringoff (Sociology), Leonard Nevarez (Sociology), Nancy Pokrywka (Biology), Morton A. Tavel (Physics).

Participating Faculty: James F. Challey (Physics and Science, Technology, and Society), Elizabeth Collins (Biology), Janet Gray (Psychology), Richard B. Hernmes (Biology), Lucy Lewis Johnson (Anthropology), Shirley Johnson-Lans (Economics), Robert E. McAulay (Sociology), Sarjit Kaur (Chemistry), Bill Lunt (Economics), Alan Marco (Economics), Marque Miringoff (Sociology), Nancy Pokrywka (Biology), Molly Shanley (Political Science), Barry DeCoster (Adjunct in Bioethics), Jonah Triebwasser (Adjunct in Law and Technology).


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