HST 120, Introduction to STS
Fall 2013

STS in the News Assignments

Each Thursday, 2 project groups will be responsible for facilitating a discussion about a topic of their choosing. The discussion should have two components:

1. A clear description of the issue or topic.
2. A connection between the issue and at least one of the readings from the first 8 weeks of the course.

Schedule for discussions:
Thursday 10/17: Groups 1 and 2
Thursday 10/24: Groups 3 and 4
Thursday 10/31: Groups 5 and 6
Thursday 11/7: Groups 7 and 1
Thursday 11/14: Groups 2 and 3
Thursday 11/21: Groups 4 and 5
Thursday 12/5: Groups 6 and 7

Group Names:
Group 1: Psychological and Social Implications of Network Technologies
Group 2: Constitutional Implications of Technological Change
Group 3: Social Media and Offline Interactions
Group 4: Sustainable Design of Urban Environments
Group 5: Laboratories at Stevens
Group 6: Nuclear Energy
Group 7: Crowdsourcing