Return to: School of Engineering and Applied Science: Minor Programs
Engineering practices, and the design, development, and management of existing and emerging technologies have the potential to significantly alter our quality and way of life. Scientific and technological endeavors often hold tremendous potential for addressing pressing social problems, yet involve risks, uncertainties, unforeseen consequences, or have negative impacts for some social groups. Needed are engineers, business leaders, and policymakers who are capable of critically analyzing, understanding, and taking responsibility for the social, cultural, economic, and ecological impacts of such endeavors. The STS minor introduces students to sociotechnical issues pertinent to the research, development, testing, and implementation of emerging and existing technologies and engineered systems, and gives students resources for managing their impacts in socially responsible ways
Elective courses not listed as approved maybe submitted for consideration.
For questions about the minor please contact Prof. MC Forelle (STS minor advisor) mcf7sc@virginia.edu.
