Science, Technology & Society Minor

Do you want to discover how science and technology influence what it means to be human?
Degree Type Minor
Careers & Salaries Career Outcomes
Delivery On Campus

Science and technology express human values, and changes in science and technology influence what it means to be human.

UW-Stout students in a Qualitative Research Methods course.

Our Science, Technology & Society Minor (STS) aims to help you better understand how we consider human values when making decisions to use and apply science and technology.

UW-Stout students in a Sociology course.

You will develop awareness of how historical forces, cultural attitudes, and political and ecological processes affect the implementation of scientific, technological, and engineering knowledge – and also how such knowledge affects society.

UW-Stout student in a Quantitative Research Methods course.

You will gain critical analytical skills by learning to consistently ask: How do science and technology express our human values? And, how do we, in our roles as citizens, guide science and technology?

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Minor Requirements

Minors are defined as either "studies in the discipline" or as “teaching.”

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