Is there any part of your social, personal, medical, or political world that is not transformed and challenged by science and technology?

Science and Technology Studies is designed to facilitate the analysis and synthesis of science, technology, and medicine in a way that actively creates connections between the varieties of perspectives and concerns in the humanities and the sciences. The STS major takes science, technology, medicine, and their social, political, economic, and cultural contexts as its objects of study. As such, the STS major draws on the research programs of faculty in a wide range of departments, including american studies, anthropology, economics, environmental science and policy, history, philosophy, political science and sociology. Students in STS pursue a broader understanding of science than is available within traditional science majors and is also suitable for students in the social sciences interested in interpreting science, technology and medicine as part of society and culture.

Real World

STS prepares students for careers that address the broader social, cultural and political ramifications of science, technology and medicine such as law, journalism, public policy, economics, government, and science education. In addition to academic careers in STS, students have pursued careers systems engineering, Web site design, science museums, non-profit health organizations, government service, libraries, law, medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, nursing, teaching, public health administration, media companies, management consultant practice, and the Peace Corps.

Contact an advisor at

1242 Social Sciences & Humanities Building 
(530) 752-9621  

Or visit:

http://sts.ucdavis.edu

New Events!

The Cultural Studies Graduate Group (Colloquium Series) presents:

"Postcolonial visibilities: Foucault, Deleuze, and the new media technologies"
Rey Chow
Professor, Brown University 
Thursday, May 7, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
East Conference Room
Memorial Union

The Bioethics Program, the Department of History, and the Department of Sociology presents:

"For outstanding service to negro health. The lives and careers of Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee and Dr. Virginia M. Alexander"
Vanessa N. Gamble
Professor, Medical Humanities, History, The George Washington University 
Friday, April 17, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Andrews Conference Room
2203 Social Science and Humanities Building

UC DAVIS Health System presents:

"Race and health in the age of genomics and Obama"
Vanessa N. Gamble
Professor, Medical Humanities, History, The George Washington University 
Thursday, April 16, 6:30 p.m.
Education Building
1222 Matsui Lecture Hall

4610 X Street, Sacramento 95817

"Ecologies of comparison"
Tim Choy
Assistant Professor, STS Program / Department of Anthropology
Thursday, April 2, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
DeCarli Room (MU, Second Floor)

Critical Studies in Food and Culture and STS presents:

"What makes artisan cheese artisanal? Art, craft, and science in American artisan cheesemaking"
Heather Paxson
Professor, Department of Anthropology, MIT
Thursday, March 19, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
228 Voorhies Hall

The Consilience of Art and Sciences presents:
"Telepresence and bio art"
Eduardo Kac
Thursday, March 5, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Veterans Memorial Center Theatre
203 E 14th Street (Between Davis High School and the Davis Public Library)

More information:
The Consilience of Art and Science
http://artsciencespeakers.ucdavis.edu/

"My facts are better than your facts: spreading good news about global warming"
Naomi Oreskes
University of California, San Diego
Friday, February 20, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Andrews Conference Room
2203 Social Science and Humanities Building


"Evolution before Darwin: the making of Darwin's historical sketch: a Darwin Bicentenary Lecture"
William (Ned) Friedman
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder
Friday, February 13, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
1322 Storer Hall


"You as a user: changes in audiences and social value of nutrition advice in today's health, 1925-1979"
Kelly Moore
University of Cincinnati
Wednesday, February 11. 12:00-2:00 p.m.
Andrews Conference Room
2203 Social Science and Humanities Building


"The origins of the origin: the intellectual origins of Darwin's theory of evolution"
Keith Thomson
Monday, February 9, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Andrews Conference Room
Social Science and Humanities Building
Co-sponsored event