Science Studies
[ Professors] [ Courses]
OFFICE: 3008 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Muir College
http://sciencestudies.ucsd.edu/
Director, Steven Epstein
The Science Studies Program at UC San Diego 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.
