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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.
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 | 2020-21 | ||
| HPSC0073 | Introduction to Science and Technology Studies | |||
| HPSC0078 | Science and Medicine across Medieval Worlds | Not running | ||
| HPSC0079 | Science in the Eighteenth Century | Not running | ||
| HPSC0080 | Early Modern Science | |||
| HPSC0081 | Science in the Nineteenth Century | |||
| HPSC0082 | Science in Antiquity | Not running | ||
| HPSC0083 | Models and Facts in Science | Not running | ||
| HPSC0084 | Causality, Mechanism and Evidence in Science | |||
| HPSC0085 | Knowledge, Explanation and Classification in Science | |||
| HPSC0120 | Disease in History | Not running | ||
| HPSC0086 | Special Topics in History and Philosophy of Science | |||
| HPSC0087 | Science in the Twentieth Century and Beyond | |||
| HPSC0088 | STS Perspectives on Security and War | Not running | ||
| HPSC0121 | Sociology of Science and Technology | Not running | ||
| HPSC0089 | Curating Science and Technology | |||
| HPSC0090 | Science, Media and Culture | Not running | ||
| HPSC0122 | Science Journalism | |||
| HPSC0091 | Science, Technology, and Identity | Not running | ||
| HPSC0092 | Responsible Science and Innovation | |||
| HPSC0127 | Engaging the Public with Science | |||
| HPSC0093 | Science Policy in the Era of Risk and Uncertainty | |||
| HPSC0094 | Political Economy of Science | |||
| HPSC0126 | Social Research Methods and Data Analysis in Science and Technology Studies | |||
| HPSC0095 | Special Topics in Science, Technology and Society | |||
| HPSC0059 | Science, Art and Philosophy | |||
| HPSC0097 | Dissertation (60 credits) |
Fine print
- STS uses the module prefix "HPSC".
- 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.