Doctor's degree Science & Technology Studies - Cornell University

Doctor's degree Science & Technology Studies from Cornell University is a Campus Ph.D Science, Technology and Society degree that prepares you for a Science career. The Graduate Field of Science & Technology Studies (S&TS) at Cornell University is devoted to training students to conduct advanced research in one of the most exciting of contemporary academic disciplines. S&TS research treats science and technology as historical and cultural productions. Research in this field therefore requires the ability to uncover how scientific knowledge, authority, and expertise operate in different social contexts, and to understand their changing historical meanings. Possible topics of investigation range from transformations in early-modern natural philosophy to the dynamics of contemporary environmental, biological, and technological change. The field transcends the boundaries of pre-existing disciplinary specialties. Such categories as ?historian? or ?sociologist,? are still relevant for guiding research design, but they fail increasingly to capture the transdisciplinary character of S&TS investigations. Our aim is to bring together faculty and students with diverse backgrounds and interests in a shared effort to study science and technology with special tools for exploring distinctive questions. At the same time, these tools and questions are designed to facilitate conversations with colleagues in traditional disciplines. Our approach throughout is both descriptive (aimed at understanding how science and technology are done) and normative (for example, showing where actual practices and professed norms are in conflict). View more details on Cornell University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Science, Technology and Society courses.