The VIST pathway It provides opportunities for students from all majors to critically examine the practice of science, the social impacts of technology, and the role that these play in society. It facilitates intentional and integrative learning by inviting their consideration of the content and context of science & technology, the role of human values in shaping them, and the transformative social implications of these forces. This pathway offers more than 100 classes to choose from; every student must complete four (three for Engineering students).
Accounting
| 134 |
Accounting Information Systems |
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Anthropology
| 1 |
Introduction to Biological Anthropology |
2 |
Introduction to Archeology |
| 4 |
Vanished Peoples & Lost Civilizations |
5 |
Popular Culture & Bioanthropology |
| 11 |
Measuring Humanity |
130 |
Primate Behavioral Ecology |
| 132 |
Paleoanthropology |
133 |
Human Nutrition & Culture |
| 135 |
Human Development & Sexuality |
140 |
Food, Culture & Environment |
| 145 |
Historical Ecology |
147 |
The Archaeology of Complex Societies |
Biology
| 4 |
Light & Life |
18 |
Exploring Biotechnology |
| 23 |
Investigations in Evolution & Ecology |
109 |
Genetics & Society |
| 135 |
Biofuels: Sustainable Energy for the Future? |
142 |
Natural History of California |
| 144 |
Baja Natural History |
150 |
Conservation Biology |
| 159 |
Plagues in the Age of Insects |
171 |
Social & Ethical Dimensions of Biotechnology |
Civil Engineering
| 115 |
Civil Engineering Materials |
119 |
Designing for Sustainable Construction |
| 140 |
Water Resources Engineering |
143 |
Environmental Engineering |
| 144 |
Environmental Systems Design |
160 |
Sustainable Water Resources |
Chemistry
| 1 |
Chemistry & the Environment |
5 |
Chemistry, an Experimental Science |
| 11 |
General Chemistry I |
183 |
Senior Research Experience |
Computer Engineering
| 150 |
Introduction to Information Security |
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Communications
| 12 |
Technology & Communication |
120 |
Environmental Communication |
| 156 |
Health Communication |
149B |
Science News |
| 164A |
Race, Gender & Public Health |
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Computer Science
| 10 |
Introduction to Computer Science |
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Economics
| 111 |
Economics of the Environment |
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Electrical Engineering
| 110 |
Engineering Projects for the Community |
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English
| 138 |
Internet Culture in the Information Society |
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All CTW with STS components |
Engineering
| 60 |
Sustainable Electric Energy for the 21st Century |
90 |
Solar Decathalon Workshop |
| 160 |
Nanotechnology & Society |
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Environmental Studies
| 2 |
Energy & the Environment |
10 |
The Joy of Garbage |
| 11 |
Introduction to Environmental Science |
12 |
Introduction to Environmental Studies |
| 13 |
Soil, Water & Air L&L |
20 |
The Water Wars of California L&L |
| 80 |
Energy and the Environment |
115 |
GIS in Environmental Studies |
| 120 |
Introduction to Environmental Law & Regulation |
122 |
US Environmental Policy |
| 135 |
Biofuels: Sustainable Energy |
144 |
Natural History of Baja |
| 145 |
Environmental Technology |
146 |
Sustainable Development in Rural Latin America |
| 147 |
International Environment & Development |
153 |
Conservation Science |
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Analyzing Green Rhetoric |
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Nature & the Imagination |
Ethnic Studies
| 156 |
Race, Gender & Environmental Justice |
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History
| 85 |
Introduction to US Environmental History |
123 |
History of Plagues, Epidemics & Infections |
| 125 |
History of the Senses |
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Liberal Studies
| 75 |
Education Reform in America |
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Mechanical Engineering
| 121 |
Thermodynamics I |
141 |
Mechanical Vibrations |
| 144 |
Smart Product Design |
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Management
| 177 |
Managing with the Internet |
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Music
| 115 |
Thinking About Music Now |
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Operations & Management Information Systems
| 34 |
Information Technology, Business & Society |
80 |
The World Food System |
Philosophy
| 9 |
Ethics & Environment |
80 |
Science, Technology & Society |
| 83 |
Neuroscience, Values & the Law |
140 |
Philosophy of Science |
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Prenatal Humans, Science & Social Values |
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Public Health Science
| 1 |
Human Health & Disease |
28 |
Human Sexuality |
| 100 |
Introduction to Epidemiology |
120 |
Technology, Innovation & Public Health |
Physics
| 5 |
The Science of Star Trek |
8 |
Introduction to Space Sciences |
| 32 |
Physics for Scientists & Engineers II |
111 |
Electromagnetic Theory I |
Psychology
| 43 |
Research Methods in Psychology |
50 |
Ways of Knowing |
| 110 |
Advanced Research Methods in Psychology |
120 |
Perception |
| 130 |
Psychology of Learning |
131 |
Cognitive Psychology |
| 158 |
Conservation Psychology |
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Scripture & Tradition
| 35 |
Science vs. the Bible: The Genesis Debates |
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Sociology
| 49 |
Computers, Internet & Society |
120 |
Quantitative Methods & Applied Statistics |
| 149 |
Business, Technology & Society |
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Theology, Ethics and Spirituality
| 83 |
Dialogues Between Science & Religion |
84 |
Spirituality & Sustainability |
| 86 |
The Spirituality of Engineering |
139 |
Catholic Theology & Human Sexuality |
| 152 |
Faith, Ethics & Biodiversity Crisis |
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