科學、科技與社會(Science, Technology, and Society)
翻譯：郭昡海(簡介並寄信)
校閱：朱學恒(簡介並寄信)
科技與社會的課程創建於 1976，旨在增進人類對於自己所打造的世界能有更深一層的瞭解。科學的理論與技術將不再僅止於工廠與實驗室裡的一種專門事業：它們彼此間、和社會間已經變得密不可分。STS 最重要的貢獻就是希望將人類所打造的世界為一個整合體。科技與社會的課程在科系與學生之間最被著重的兩個基本，且相互關聯的問題乃是：
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將科學的理論與技術視為一種人類活動的話，它們是如何演變？
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它們與整體文明的社會活動間關係又是如何？
STS 的觀點在針對諸如政策，民主，環境研究，醫療，教育，和國家與全球的安全等等議題的瞭解過程中變得極為重要。
1988 年開始，STS 課程與歷史學師資和人類學課程合作建立了一套有系統的科技與社會歷史、社會學博士學位課程 (HSSST)。有許多的HSSST畢業生在大學任教，但亦有其它的畢業生將 STS 的觀點帶入法律，商業，新聞與博物館工作的研究。而在大學部的 STS 課程從1980 年起始。它所吸引的學生通常希望以跨領域的方式來研究教育或想瞭解科學家與工程師如何影響世界。大學課程學生可以選擇的修課方法有：集中選修（Concentration） - 修習三門STS課程，其中至少一門核心課程；副修（Minor） - 修習四門STS課程；改良式雙修（Joint Major）- -修習十門STS課程，畢業生可得「人文與科學」或「人文與工程」一個學士學位；雙主修（Double Major） - 修習十四項科目，畢業生可獲得「科學」與「人文」或「工程」與「人文」兩個學士學位。）
若要瞭解更多資訊，請前往http://web.mit.edu/sts/。
Founded in 1976, the Program in Science, Technology, and Society attempts to increase human understanding of the human-built world. Science and technology are no longer specialized enterprises confined to factories and laboratories: they have become intertwined with each other and with human society. The fundamental contribution of STS is to look at the human-built world as an integrated whole. Two basic, interrelated questions are addressed by faculty and students in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society:
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How did science and technology evolve as human activities?
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How do they relate to the larger civilization?
The STS perspective has become of critical importance in understanding a host of public issues such as privacy, democracy, environment, medicine, education, and national and global security.
Beginning in 1988, the STS Program, in collaboration with the History Faculty and Anthropology Program, created a doctoral program in the History and Social Study of Science and Technology (HSSST). While many HSSST graduates teach at universities, others bring an STS perspective to law, business, journalism, and museum work. An undergraduate program in STS has existed since 1980. It typically attracts students with broad interests who seek an interdisciplinary approach to education and who want to learn how scientists and engineers influence the world. Students may concentrate, minor, joint major or double major in STS.
For more information, go to http://web.mit.edu/sts/.
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