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STEM in Society Minor (CHSS)

George Mason University · Fairfax, VA

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Program
Award
Minor
Total credits (published)
12
Credits (computed from items)
15
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
232186
CourseShelf checklist
CK_232186_7c63667f
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Required Course

1 item
  1. HIST 315
    STEM and Society: A History
    As published: “STEM and Society: A History (Mason Core)”
    3

Electives

electives · 1 item
  1. Select 12 credits from any of the following courses:
    Not resolved to a course
    12

Historical

5 items
  1. BIOL 301
    Biology and Society
    As published: “Biology and Society (Mason Core)”
    3
  2. COS 301
    Great Ideas in Science
    As published: “Great Ideas in Science (Mason Core)”
    3
  3. HIST 202
    3
  4. HIST 378
    History of Aviation
    As published: “History of Aviation (Mason Core)”
    3
  5. HIST 390
    The Digital Past
    As published: “The Digital Past (Mason Core)”
    3

Medicine and Health

8 items
  1. ANTH 363
    Humans, Disease, and Death
    As published: “Humans, Disease, and Death (Mason Core)”
    3
  2. ANTH 365
    Scientific Racism and Human Variation
    As published: “Scientific Racism and Human Variation (Mason Core)”
    3
  3. ANTH 381
    3
  4. GCH 205
    Global Health
    As published: “Global Health (Mason Core)”
    3
  5. GCH 360
    3
  6. GCH 445
    Social Determinants of Health
    or: SOCW 445 Social Determinants of Health
    3
  7. GLOA 388
    3
  8. PHIL 344
    3

Environment

6 items
  1. ANTH 370
    3
  2. CEIE 100
    Environmental Issues and Solutions Around the World
    As published: “Environmental Issues and Solutions Around the World (Mason Core)”
    3
  3. CLIM 101
    Global Warming: Weather, Climate, and Society
    As published: “Global Warming: Weather, Climate, and Society (Mason Core)”
    3
  4. EVPP 436
    3
  5. GGS 307
    3
  6. PHIL 243
    Global Environmental Ethics
    As published: “Global Environmental Ethics (Mason Core)”
    3

Science and Technology

11 items
  1. ANTH 314
    3
  2. ANTH 395
    Work, Technology, and Society: An IT Perspective
    As published: “Work, Technology, and Society: An IT Perspective (Mason Core)”
    3
  3. COS 400
    3
  4. INTS 301
    Science in the News
    As published: “Science in the News (Mason Core)”
    3
  5. INTS 348
    Digital Futures. 3
    As published: “Digital Futures”
    6
  6. IT 304
    3
  7. PHIL 271
    How Science Works
    As published: “How Science Works (Mason Core)”
    3
  8. PHIL 371
    3
  9. PHIL 345
    3
  10. PHIL 377
    3
  11. SOCI 391
    3

Policy

8 items
  1. BENG 375
    3
  2. EVPP 361
    3
  3. EVPP 432
    3
  4. GOVT 150
    Introduction to Technology Policy
    As published: “Introduction to Technology Policy (Mason Core)”
    3
  5. GOVT 363
    3
  6. GOVT 463
    3
  7. NUTR 318
    3
  8. NUTR 440
    3

Special Topics Courses (with permission of minor director when topic is related to STEM in Society)

11 items
  1. ANTH 396
    Issues in Anthropology: Social Sciences
    As published: “Issues in Anthropology: Social Sciences (Mason Core)”
    3
  2. ANTH 399
    3
  3. ENGR 499
    0-4
  4. GCH 494
    3
  5. GLOA 396
    1-3
  6. GLOA 400
    Global Affairs Capstone
    As published: “Global Affairs Capstone (Mason Core)”
    3
  7. HIST 387
    Topics in Global History
    As published: “Topics in Global History (Mason Core)”
    3-6
  8. INTS 375
    1-18
  9. INTS 475
    1-18
  10. NUTR 495
    3
  11. SOCI 395
    3
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