Statement of Purpose

Science and Technology Studies (STS) research, teaching, and outreach at UCR offers global citizens the resources with which to evaluate – analytically, esthetically, and ethically – the benefits and the risks, the perils, and the promises of shifts in science, technology, and society.

Learning Objectives

The Science and Technology Studies curriculum advances five core learning objectives. Students taking courses and/or majoring in Science, Technology, and Society Studies:

1. Think critically and creatively about social and cultural representation and practice in science and technology.
2. Develop and communicate sophisticated arguments about how people experience power and difference in relation to scientific and technological development.
3. Critically examine how scientific knowledge is produced and analyze scientific and technological practices in applied, transdisciplinary, and interdisciplinary contexts.
4. Recognize the social and political conditions in which science and technology have value.
5. Conduct collaborative research that integrates quantitative and qualitative knowledge using interdisciplinary methods of inquiry.