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i am really interested in this program, so far from what ive researched STS seems right for me

i was just looking for some more information and what careers can come out of this?
 
I've never heard of it either.

What college or university is offering it?

If you are looking for information on it, why not find out which colleges/universities are offering it, and ask them? That'd be a great way to start :D

CB.
 
http://www.yorku.ca/web/index.htm

Well whoever designed their website, I gotta give props....I watched the whole thing and it was pretty cool.

From the site:
Science and Technology Studies (STS) is an interdisciplinary degree dedicated to analysing science and technology, their development, and their impact on society. If you are interested in philosophy, history and ethics, and you want to learn more about the connections between science and technology and the humanities and social sciences, then STS may be right for you.

What is science? How does it affect society? How does society affect the development of science, the concepts, and metaphors it deploys, and the kinds of knowledge it produces? How do theories change in science? How are scientific controversies opened, sustained, closed? What distinguishes science from non-science? What are the relations between science and technology?

In addressing such questions, STS adopts a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches and insights drawn from the history, philosophy and social studies of science and technology.
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To me it sounds pretty abstract and philosophical...and I'm not seeing any "careers" coming out of it...but then again you don't have to choose your undergrad major with a career in mind.

If you are more interested in the actual hands-on science stuff, I'd say go with a real science degree. However if you are into philosophy of science, then go STS.

Sounds like INTP heaven.
 
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