Science & Society Preapproved Electives

Students can now choose to take 38-304 Reading and Writing Science to complete the requirement, or choose to take a course from a list of pre-approved electives. Below are examples of courses that can fulfill the requirement and a more . Any student who finds an appropriate CMU course that is not on the list and might fulfill this requirement can contact Kevin Hunter to see if the course can be added to the list.

09-225Climate Change: Chemistry, Physics and Planetary Science
09-227The Culture of Color
09-291Environmental Systems on a Changing Planet
09-303Hooked: The Molecular Basis of Addiction
09-381Environmental Systems on a Changing Planet
09-403Hooked: The Chemical Basis of Drug Addiction
09-510Chemistry and Sustainability
12-100Exploring CEE: Infrastructure and Environment in a Changing World
16-161Artificial Intelligence and Humanity
16-199Robotics in the Real World
16-735Ethics and Robotics
17-200Ethics and Policy Issues in Computing
17-537Artificial Intelligence Methods for Social Good
19-101Intro to EPP
19-411Global Competitiveness: Firms, Nations and Technological Change
19-421Emerging Energy Policies
19-424Energy and the Environment
19-425Sustainable Energy for the Developing World
19-429Climate Change Science and Solutions
19-437Global Ecological Issues & Controversies
19-478Engineering and Social Justice
24-292Renewable Energy Engineering
33-115Physics for Future Presidents
33-120Science and Science Fiction
33-226Physics of Energy
38-402MCS Leadership Development Seminar (Option 1: 38-402 may fulfill the Science and Society requirement. -OR- Option 2: 38-402 may be substituted for BOTH 38-330 AND 38-430.)
73-153Economics and Society
76-395Science Writing
79-150Medieval Science, Magic, and Wonders of Nature
79-160Introduction to the History of Science
79-170Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society
79-175Moneyball Nation: Data in American Life
79-234Technology and Society
79-275Introduction to Global Studies
79-297Technology and Work
79-299From Newton to the Nuclear Bomb: History of Science, 1750-1950
79-302Killer Robots: The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Lethal Autonomous Weapons System
79-304History of Eugenics and Scientific Racism
79-330Medicine and Society
79-331Body Politics: Women and Health in America
79-342Introduction to Science and Technology Studies
79-365Race, Medicine, and Civil Rights
80-220Philosophy of Science
80-226The Nature of Scientific Revolutions
80-244Environmental Ethics
80-245Medical Ethics
80-249AI, Society, and Humanity
85-117Changing Your Brain
88-261Health Policy
88-262Rationality and Irrationality in Medicine
99-461Tutoring, Teaching, and Leading through Education
99-761Tutoring, Teaching, and Leading through Education