STS Senior Capstones (Spring 2025)
As a graduation requirement, all STS students must complete a senior capstone course during their final year. All capstones satisfy the Applied Learning and Writing Intensive College graduation requirements. Students can either take STS 400W - Senior Seminar or STS 401W - Internship. Students who wish to register for either capstone must have completed at least 90 credits. Students cannot register for the capstone on their own. If interested in registering for STS 400W - Senior Seminar, please contact Kathy and she can help you register for the course. If interested in registering for STS 401W - Internship, please contact STS Internship Coordinator, Prof Karin Huijgens.
Senior Seminars
STS 400W - Senior Seminar - Human Services (tw0 sections offered)
Prof. Karin Huijgens | On Campus | Mon/Wed 10:50am - 12:05pm | 3 credits | CRN: 26134
Prof. Karin Huijgens | On Campus | Mon/Wed 1:40pm - 2:55pm | 3 credits | CRN: 21387
In this capstone course students will integrate STS skills and knowledge learned,
and apply this to the field of human services. The course will address the current
multidisciplinary problems facing this field. Topics will include homelessness, food
insecurity, structure of social service programs and insurances, mental health, and
legal issues including immigration. Students will evaluate the application of personal
ethics, setting of boundaries, and dealing with stress for providers of human services.
In addition, the course will assist students in preparing for their career after graduation.
This will include resume writing and interview skills.
STS 400W - Senior Seminar - Qualitative Methods in STS Research (two sections offered)
Dr. Emma Stamm | On Campus | Tue/Thu 1:40pm - 2:55pm | 3 credits | CRN: 25968
Dr. Emma Stamm | On Campus | Tue/Thu 3:05pm - 4:20pm | 3 credits | CRN: 21655
In this capstone course, students will integrate skills and knowledge from their previous
courses in an intensive exploration of qualitative methods in STS scholarship. We
will cover three overarching approaches to STS research initiatives: first, historical;
second, ethnographic; third, research focused on sociotechnical imaginaries (as a
subset of theoretical research). Students will be introduced to methods associated
with each, including but not limited to archival research; interviewing; surveying;
fieldwork; critical discourse analysis; rhetorical analysis; thematic coding; and
more. Work for this course includes close reading and discussion of STS research based
on qualitative methods, in addition to hands-on practice with methods and investigation
of theoretical informants to practical/applied research. Throughout the semester,
students will work on their own self-designed research project, culminating in the
submission of a paper and class presentation. Students will be encouraged to direct
their research project towards their future profession, taking an aspect of their
envisioned career as the object of their qualitative study.
STS 400W - Senior Seminar - Academic Research & Report Writing (two sections offered)
Prof. Michael Passero | ONLINE | 3 credits | CRN: 24485
Prof. Michael Passero | ONLINE | 3 credits | CRN: 21928
This capstone seminar serves as a culminating experience for the Science, Technology,
and Society program. The final goal of this course will be for students to conduct
academic research and generate research abstracts, sentence outlines, a professional
oral presentation, and professional report on a topic of their choosing. While the
curriculum is broad-based in scope, lectures will pay particular attention to the
fundamental concepts of academic research, oral communication, and written communication.
Internship
STS 401W - Internship
Prof. Francesca Polo | ONLINE | 3 credits | CRN: 21403
This course is designed for Science, Technology and Society (STS) majors who wish
to complete a semester-long (or equivalent) internship as part of their course of
study. Students may choose an internship at a corporation or a civic, educational,
governmental, or not-for- profit organization after consultation with and permission
of the department chair. Any internship should support learning outcomes and/or career
development in the sciences, technology, and/or society. Enrollment in this course
is restricted to students with senior status in the STS Program. Students enrolled
in an internship will meet periodically with their advisor and will be required to
submit internship notes and both a draft and final report of the internship experience
at the end of the semester. This is a writing-intensive course. Prerequisite(s): Senior
status in STS program and approval of Department Chair
Students who wish to pursue an internship must contact the STS Internship Coordinator, Prof Karin Huijgens
science, technology, & society
Memorial Hall, Room 117
934-420-2220
sts@farmingdale.edu
Fall 2024 Hours:
Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm
Edmund Douglass
Chair of STS/Associate Professor of Physics
Kathleen McCormick
Administrative Assistant 1