Science, Technology and Society Electives

Below is a list of approved STS electives offered in Spring/Summer 2024 and Fall 2024/Winter 2025. To view lists of approved STS electives from previous years, please visit the STS Approved Electives Archive.

Please note:
  • It is important to follow the program requirements for the year you were admitted. See the Calendar archive and select the appropriate year.
  • Below are the courses from the approved calendar list of electives that are running in Spring/Summer 2024 and Fall 2024/Winter 2025.
  • Courses with an asterisk (*) are also approved for the specified term, but are not yet in the University Calendar. Once you have successfully completed one of these courses, it will be manually moved on your Academic Requirements Report.
  • Check Bear Tracks carefully for specific enrollment instructions and course information, and contact the department offering the class if you have further questions.

SPRING 2024

Approved Electives:
  • CHRTC 350 Science and Religion
  • INT D 222 Indigenous Health in Canada
  • PHIL 250 Contemporary Ethical Issues
  • PHIL 265 Philosophy of Science *
  • SOC 486 Sociology of Mental Health and Illness *

SUMMER 2024

Approved Electives:
  • CHRTC 350 Science and Religion
  • SOC 382 Sociology of Health and Illness *

Fall 2024

Approved Electives:

  • ANTHR 230 Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Environment
  • CHRTC 350 Science and Religion
  • CLASS 294 Ancient Science, Technology, and Medicine
  • CMPUT 300 Computers and Society
  • ECON 269 Economics of the Environment *
  • HADVC 209 History of Modern Design in Europe and North America
  • HIST 486 Topics in the History of Technology
  • MST 350 Understanding Video Games
  • MST 351 Understanding Video Games
  • PHIL 217 Biology, Society, and Values
  • PHIL 250 Contemporary Ethical Issues
  • PHIL 265 Philosophy of Science *
  • PHIL 279 Philosophy of Hunting *
  • PHIL 325 Risk, Choice, and Rationality
  • PHIL 345 Humans and Animals
  • PHIL 365 Philosophy of Computing
  • PHIL 386 Health Care Ethics
  • SOC 363 Sociology of Work and Industry *
  • SOC 382 Sociology of Health and Illness *
  • SOC 486 Sociology of Mental Health and Illness *
  • STS 210 Environment, Science, Culture, and Values
  • STS 497 Science, Technology and Society
  • WGS 390 Environmental Feminisms and Social Justice

winter 2025

Approved Electives:

  • AREC 250 Social and Economic Issues of Food Biotechnology *
  • AREC 375 World Food and Agriculture
  • CHRTC 350 Science and Religion
  • ECON 269 Economics of the Environment *
  • FS 318 Science Fiction Film
  • HIST 293 History of Science, Technology and Medicine: Key Moments *
  • HIST 359 Canadian Environmental History *
  • HIST 394 History of Astronomy and Cosmology from Stonehenge to the Space Age
  • INT D 222 Indigenous Health in Canada
  • INT D 303 Economics of World Food and Agriculture
  • INT D 450 Computers and Games *
  • PHIL 250 Contemporary Ethical Issues
  • PHIL 265 Philosophy of Science *
  • PHIL 325 Risk, Choice, and Rationality
  • PHIL 355 Environmental Ethics
  • PHIL 366 Computers and Culture
  • PHIL 385 Ethics and Artificial Intelligence *
  • PHIL 386 Health Care Ethics
  • POL S 333 Ecology and Politics *
  • SOC 226 Surveillance Studies *
  • SOC 291 Introduction to Environmental Sociology
  • SOC 363 Sociology of Work and Industry *
  • SOC 382 Sociology of Health and Illness *
An asterisk (*) denotes that class will not automatically show up as an Approved Elective on your Academic Requirements Report and will be added manually upon successful completion and a final grade has been posted.
If your Academic Requirements Report does not reflect a course you have successfully completed, please contact the Undergraduate Advisor (mtsug@ualberta.ca).