本课程有两份主要作业，包括：
There are two major assignments in this course. They include:

1. 短论文（5页），关于第1至6讲的课程阅读内容（在第7讲提交）
1. Short paper (5 pages) on course readings up through lecture 6 (due on lecture 7)

论文应对阅读资料中的观点作出批判性评论。寻找主题－例如，非人类行动，表意活动的实验室实践，社会构造论评价－这与我们的课文交错。提炼自己的观点，说清楚你所选主题的科学社会研究的重要趋向和争论。
This paper should offer a critical engagement with arguments offered in the readings. Look for themes - e.g. nonhuman agency, laboratory practice as semiotic activity, critiques of social constructionism - that cross-cut the texts we've encountered. Develop an argument of your own that makes sense of what you see as important tendencies and debates in social studies of science around your chosen theme.

2. 15－20页的研究论文，利用课程材料讨论社会中的科学一个案例。
2. A 15-20 page research paper using course materials to discuss a case study of science in society.

可选的主题包括：
Possible topics might include:

转基因食品政治，复制技术，生物勘探，器官移植，在线团体或抽样。
Politics of genetically modified food, reproductive technologies, bioprospecting, organ transplant, online communities, or sampling.