HPSC Modules (Postgraduate Taught) Masters

UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) offers a diverse range of modules for UCL postgraduate taught students (Masters). Students from other UCL degree programmes welcome.

HPSC Modules for Postgraduate Taught students

The STS Postgraduate Taught Module Catalogue lists HPSC modules offered by UCL Science and Technology Studies (STS) for the 2020-21 session. Discuss module selection with your personal tutor.

STS Postgraduate Taught Module Catalogue 2020-21 (pdf)

STS Postgraduate Taught Module Catalogue 2020-21 (pdf)

Syllabus library

What does a module require? STS maintains a library of module syllabi. Use these as a guide for the scope and purpose of the module. Please be aware that tutors often change syllabi, adapting them to new information and responding to student feedback.

	New Module Code	Title	2019-20
	HPSC0073	Introduction to Science and Technology Studies	2019-20 2019-20
	HPSC0078	Science and Medicine across Medieval Worlds	Not running
	HPSC0079	Science in the Eighteenth Century	Not running
	HPSC0080	Early Modern Science	2019-20 2019-20
	HPSC0081	Science in the Nineteenth Century	2019-20 2019-20
	HPSC0082	Science in Antiquity	2019-20 2019-20
	HPSC0083	Models and Facts in Science	Not running
	HPSC0084	Causality, Mechanism and Evidence in Science	2019-20 2019-20
	HPSC0085	Knowledge, Explanation and Classification in Science	Not running
	HPSC0120	Disease in History	Not running
	HPSC0086	Special Topics Seminar in History and Philosophy of Science: Perspectives on Social Epistemology	Not running
	HPSC0087	Science in the Twentieth Century and Beyond	2019-20 2019-20
	HPSC0088	STS Perspectives on Security and War	2019-20 2019-20
	HPSC0121	Sociology of Science and Technology	Not running
	HPSC0089	Curating Science and Technology	2019-20 2019-20
	HPSC0090	Science, Media and Culture	Not running
	HPSC0122	Science Journalism	2019-20 2019-20
	HPSC0091	Science, Technology, and Identity	2019-20 2019-20
	HPSC0092	Responsible Science and Innovation	TBC
	HPSC0127	Engaging the Public with Science	2019-20 2019-20
	HPSC0093	Science Policy in the Era of Risk and Uncertainty	Not running
	HPSC0094	Political Economy of Science	2019-20 2019-20
	HPSC0126	Social Research Methods and Data Analysis in Science and Technology Studies	2019-20 2019-20
	HPSC0095	Special Topics Seminar in Science, Technology and Society	Not running
	HPSC0059	Science, Art and Philosophy	2019-20 2019-20
	HPSC0097	Dissertation (60 credits)

Fine print

1. STS uses the module prefix "HPSC".  
2. HPSC postgraduate taught modules are available only to students enrolled in UCL postgraduate programmes, such as taught Master's programmes. MPhil-PhD students may be given permission to attend, at the tutor's discretion. STS students interested in modules offered by other departments should examine our Elective Modules information.