Restricted Technical Electives (Summer 2024)

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 the Summer A & B 2024 semesters. Pre-reqs for each course are listed in parentheses (UDS = upper division standing / Junior status). 

Technical & Scientific Communication
EGL 310 – Technical Writing  (EGL 102) [SUM A]
PCM 305 – Media in Communications (EGL 102) [SUM B]
PCM 315 – Research Techniques (UDS) [SUM A]
PCM 320 – Communication in Business (UDS) [SUM A]

Data Science
STS 350 – Data & Society (STS 330 pre/co) [SUM B] 

Geographical Information Science
GEO 322 – Cultural Geography (100-level HIS/POL/GEO) [SUM B] 
GEO 323 – Urban Geography (100-level HIS/POL/GEO) [SUM A]
GEO 350 – Urban Geography (200-level HIS/POL/GEO) [SUM A]

Organizational Leadership
BUS 311 – Organizational Behavior (BUS 109 or PSY 101) [SUM A & SUM B]
PSY 331 – Industrial/Organizational Psychology (PSY 101) [SUM A & SUM B]
SOC 303 – Sociology of Work and Occupation (SOC 122 & EGL 102) [SUM A]

Impact of Technological Change
HIS 340 – History of Public Healthcare and Medicine (UDS) [SUM B]
HIS 342 – History of Television (100-level HIS or POL) [SUM B]
STS 320 – Tech & Humanity in Cinema (UDS) [SUM B]

Energy, Environment, & Sustainability
GEO 330 – Environmental Interactions (200-level Soc. Sci.) [SUM B]
POL 330 - 21st Century Energy Policy  (200-level Soc. Sci.) [SUM A]

Global Connections
ECO 341 – International Finance (ECO 156 or 157)  [SUM A]
HIS 315 – Imperialism: A Modern History (100-level HIS)  [SUM A]
HIS 341 – Terrorism and the Mod. World (200-level HIS & EGL 102) [SUM A & SUM B]
POL 374 –Women in Comparative Development (200-level Soc. Sci) [SUM B]
SOC 350 – Global Social Change (SOC 122 and EGL 102) [SUM B] 

Gender, Race, & Culture
HIS 335 – Gender and Technology from a Historical Perspective (100-level HIS) [SUM A] 
HIS 344 – Sports History Since 1945 (200-level Soc. Sci.) [SUM A]
MLG 300 – International Cinema (EGL 102) [SUM A]
MLG 302 – Spanish & Latin American Cinema (EGL 102) [SUM A]
MLG 304 – French Culture and Civilization (EGL 102) [SUM A]
MLG 305 – Hispanic and Latin American Culture and Civilization (EGL 102) [SUM A]
MLG 308 – Arabic Culture and Civilization (EGL 102) [SUM A]  
MLG 311 – Italian American Experiences (EGL 102) [SUM B]
MLG 317 – The Arab-American Experiences (EGL 102) [SUM B]
MLG 321 – Chinese Culture and Civilization (EGL 102) [SUM A] 
POL 360 – Women in Comparative Development (200-level Soc. Sci) [SUM B]