Restricted Technical Electives (Intersession 2023)
During their junior and senior years, students on the new STS curriculum (those who have entered the STS program Fall 2020 or after) are required to complete one course from each of the 8 Restricted Technical Elective (RTE) categories. Below are the RTE courses that will be offered in during Intersession 2023. Pre-reqs for each course are listed in parentheses (UDS = upper division standing / Junior status).
Technical & Scientific Communication
PCM 311 – Intro. to Writing for Electronic Media (EGL 102)
PCM 315 – Research Techniques (UDS)
PCM 320 – Communications in Business (UDS)
PCM 325 – Writing in Health and Disease (EGL 102)
Data Science
None offered during intersession
Geographical Information Science
GEO 323 – Urban Geography (100-level HIS/POL/GEO)
Organizational Leadership
BUS 311 – Organizational Behavior (BUS 109 or PSY 101)
PSY 331 – Industrial/Organizational Psychology (PSY 101)
SOC 303 – Sociology of Work and Occupation (SOC 122 & EGL 102)
Impact of Technological Change
ECO 320 – Internet & Network Economics (ECO 156 or ECO 157)
HIS 342 – History of Television (100-level HIS or POL)
Energy, Environment, & Sustainability
GEO 325 – Globalization & Sustainability (200-level HIS, POL, or GEO)
Global Connections
HIS 341 – Terrorism and the Mod. World (100-level HIS & EGL 102)
Gender, Race, & Culture
MLG 305 – Hispanic and Latin American Culture and Civilization (EGL 102)
MLG 311 – Italian American Experiences (EGL 102)
MLG 317 – The Arab-American Experience (EGL 102)
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