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Prospective Students

Undergraduate students in STS may choose from three different 18 semester-hour minor programs which can, in combination, become part of a degree option in STS through an Interdisciplinary Studies (IDST) degree or may be used to complement any disciplinary major. Because the HST and ST minors emphasize the contexts of modern science and technology, it provides attractive electives and serves as an ideal complement to a disciplinary major in any of the natural or social sciences or in history, communications, international studies, philosophy, mathematics, statistics, or computer science.

Graduate students in STS come from a wide range of backgrounds including the natural and physical sciences, engineering, numerous professional disciplines, liberal arts and humanities, history, anthropology, sociology, political science, and philosophy. Graduates emerge with an ability to identify and examine the conceptual, social, cultural, historical, and policy dimensions of science and technology.

Courses leading to an M.S. or a Ph.D. in STS are available at two sites, Virginia Tech's main campus in Blacksburg and the National Capitol Region in the greater D.C. metro area. There is also a Graduate Certification Option currently offered.

Last updated 11/29/2006