See Main STS website for degree requirements and further information.
News and Announcements:
- INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
- We will be holding an hour-long information session on April 8, 2010 from 7-8PM about admission to classes for the Summer or Fall 2010 term.
It will be at our Falls Church location at 7054 Haycock Road, near the West Falls Church Metro. The session will cover both the M.S. and Ph.D.
programs and leave time at the end for questions. The session will be held in room 219 and the room number will also be posted at the building entrance. No RSVP needed and there is parking nearby in the Metro lots.
- It is highly recommended that all students begin the program as a Commonwealth Campus Student.
Click here for the online application
Click here for paper application for the Expedited Admission form.
- Most courses are taught at the Falls Church location.
- You can contact the Director at (703) 538-3780 or ballen@vt.edu.
7054 Haycock Rd, Room 441, Northern Virginia Center, Falls Church,
VA, 22043
- Virginia Tech faculty Barbara Allen and Daniel Breslau are co-chairing the annual international meeting of the Society for the Social Study of Science and Technology (4S) in metro Washington, DC (October 28-31, 2009).
Click here for more information.
Student Information:
Contacts:
Dr. Barbara Allen
Associate Director of Science and Technology Studies
Director, Graduate Program in STS
7054 Haycock Road, Rm. 441, Falls Church, VA 22043
Contact Barbara
Course and program options:
To become a graduate student in the STS program, it is recommended that
you first take some courses as a Commonwealth Campus (CC) student. Up to 12
credits taken as a CC student can be counted toward your degree, if you are
admitted. This simple application can be found through the main website at
www.nvgc.vt.edu. Please apply on line and be sure and get your photocopies of
transcripts and proof of residency to the registrar's assistants in Falls
Church. If you have problems with registration please contact Graduate
Student Services Office at GSSO_NCR@vt.edu or you can call the main GSSO phone
number (703-538-TECH).
The Northern Virginia STS program is designed for people who work in the
Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Courses are offered at night and sometimes
on the Internet. Blacksburg faculty also work with Northern Virginia students
by serving on thesis and dissertation committees. Options in History,
Philosophy, and Social/Policy Studies of Science and Technology (Certificate,
M.S., Ph.D.)
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