Science, Technology & Society, B.S., Major # 2014

This program has been deactivated and students will no longer be admitted to the major.  Currently enrolled students will complete the degree in accordance with the approved teach-out plan.

Program Description: One part of the mission of SUNY Morrisville is “to offer a high quality educational experience for students earning…baccalaure- ate degrees. The college is committed to providing students the knowledge and opportunity to grow intellectually and socially as citizens of the world community.” The Science, Technology, and Society (STS) program contrib- utes to this part of the mission of the college by utilizing the technology available on campus to stimulate further knowledge about its meaning in our society. The overlap between the liberal arts and technical fields is becoming more obvious as technology is more deeply integrated into our social life and our culture every day, and the interdisciplinary aspects of the STS program recognize this interaction. The STS program offers a Bachelor of Science degree that reflects not only the importance of substantive technical and scientific knowledge, but also seeks to understand it in the larger perspective of our society.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Comprehension of the interdisciplinary nature of STS, as measured by ability to analyze specific problems, translate knowledge into new contexts (activism or policy contexts, for example), interpret facts, and predict consequences;

• Ability to synthesize scientific and technological ideas within cultural contexts, taking into mind specific social values and meanings (such as the role of expertise in policy making and the value of social movements in technological decision-making processes) of particular sciences and technologies;

• The development of the application of the theories, methods, and concepts of STS to the student’s particular area of technical option.

• The development of marketable skills in computer information technologies (for example web site design, network systems design and analysis, applications programming) and/or renewable resources (fisheries and wildlife, environmental sciences, environmental technology, natural resources conservation and ecology);

• The enhancement of  information literacy skills, defined as competency in seeking information that is available in any format, ability to critically evaluate information, and to effectively utilize the information that is found.

Curriculum Requirements - 124 Credits

Technical Options - Students must complete one option from the list below: