Science, Technology and Society Electives

Below is a list of approved STS electives offered in Spring/Summer 2025 and Fall 2025/Winter 2026. To view lists of approved STS electives from previous years, please visit the STS Approved Electives Archive.

Please note:
  • It is important to follow the program requirements for the year you were admitted. See the archive and select the appropriate year.
  • Below are the courses from the approved calendar list of electives that are running in Spring/Summer 2024 and Fall 2024/Winter 2025.
  • Courses with an asterisk (*) are also approved for the specified term, but are not yet in the . Once you have successfully completed one of these courses, it will be manually moved on your Academic Requirements Report.
  • Check Bear Tracks carefully for specific enrollment instructions and course information, and contact the department offering the class if you have further questions.

 

SPRING 2025

Approved Electives:
  • CHRTC 350 Science and Religion
  • PHIL 250 Contemporary Ethical Issues
  • SOC 486 Sociology of Mental Health and Illness *

 

SUMMER 2025

Approved Electives:
  • CHRTC 350 Science and Religion
  • SOC 382 Sociology of Health and Illness *

 

Fall 2025

Approved Electives:

  • ANTHR 230 Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Environment
  • CHRTC 350 Science and Religion
  • CLASS 294 Ancient Science, Technology, and Medicine
  • CMPUT 300 Computers and Society
  • ECON 269 Economics of the Environment *
  • HADVC 209 History of Modern Design in Europe and North America
  • HIST 496 Topics in the History of Science
  • MST 350 Understanding Video Games
  • MST 351 Understanding Video Games
  • NS 435 Management of Indigenous Natural Resources
  • PHIL 250 Contemporary Ethical Issues
  • PHIL 325 Risk, Choice, and Rationality
  • PHIL 355 Environmental Ethics
  • SOC 226 Surveillance Studies*
  • SOC 363 Sociology of Work and Industry *
  • SOC 382 Sociology of Health and Illness *
  • SOC 486 Sociology of Mental Health and Illness *
  • STS 210 Environment, Science, Culture, and Values
  • STS 397 Topics in Science, Technology, and Society (LEC A1; Topic: Encountering STS Research)

 

winter 2026

Approved Electives:

  • AREC 375 World Food and Agriculture
  • CHRTC 350 Science and Religion
  • ECON 269 Economics of the Environment *
  • HIST 293 History of Science, Technology and Medicine: Key Moments *
  • HIST 359 Canadian Environmental History *
  • HIST 394 History of Astronomy and Cosmology from Stonehenge to the Space Age
  • INT D 303 Economics of World Food and Agriculture
  • INT D 450 Computers and Games *
  • PHIL 250 Contemporary Ethical Issues
  • PHIL 385 Ethics and Artificial Intelligence *
  • PHIL 386 Health Care Ethics
  • PHIL 412 Topics in Philosophy of Science
  • SOC 226 Surveillance Studies *
  • SOC 291 Introduction to Environmental Sociology
  • SOC 363 Sociology of Work and Industry *
  • SOC 382 Sociology of Health and Illness *
  • STS 497 Science, Technology and Society (LEC B1; Topic: Science Communication)
  • WGS 244 Critical Disability Studies

 

An asterisk (*) denotes that class will not automatically show up as an Approved Elective on your Academic Requirements Report and will be added manually upon successful completion and a final grade has been posted.

If your Academic Requirements Report does not reflect a course you have successfully completed, please contact the Undergraduate Advisor (mtsug@ualberta.ca).