Science Studies
OFFICE: 3008 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Muir College
http://sciencestudies.ucsd.edu/
Director, Steven Epstein
Professors
Courses
The Science Studies Program at UCSD is an interdisciplinary Ph.D.
program committed to working toward a deeper understanding of scientific
knowledge
and
technological
change, past and
present. The program offers students an opportunity to integrate the
perspectives developed in communication studies and the history, sociology,
and philosophy of science, while receiving a thorough training at a
professional level in one of the component disciplines. Students enrolled
in the program choose one of the four disciplines for their major field
of specialist studies and are required to complete minor field requirements
in the others. Students are also required to take the Introduction
to Science Studies, Advanced Approaches to Science Studies, and two
interdisciplinary, topical “core” seminars,
and to attend the program colloquium. Science studies students are
encouraged to select dissertation topics that offer scope for a cross-disciplinary
approach. The Ph.D.
will
be
awarded in Communication (Science Studies), History
(Science Studies), Sociology (Science Studies), or
Philosophy (Science Studies). In special circumstances,
students may be permitted to work for the M.A. degree.
Science Studies
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