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Science, Technology, and Society program requirements

What the Science, Technology, and Society Minor requires, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course it names.

Science, Technology, and Society Minor

  • Arts program
  • 4.0 credits
  • Open enrolment
  • ASMIN2743

Enrolment

This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.

Completion requirements

(4.0 credits, no more than 1.0 credit at the 100-level, at least 1.0 credit at the 300+ level)

10.5 credit from: HPS200H1, HPS201H1, HPS202H1, HPS205H1

21.0 credit from: VIC106H1, VIC107H1, VIC109H1, VIC121H1, VIC122H1, VIC137H1, VIC170Y1, VIC172Y1, STS207H1, CRE210H1, CRE235H1, REN242H1, STS245H1, STS246H1, CRE247H1, STS248H1, STS301H1, STS302H1, REN343H1, CRE335H1, CRE345H1, CRE371H1, STS377H1, STS452H1, VIC493H1

31.0 credit from: HPS110H1, HPS212H1, HPS220H1, HPS225H1, HPS240H1, HPS245H1, HPS246H1, HPS255H1, HPS260H1, HPS270H1, HPS272H1, HPS318H1, HPS319H1, HPS321H1, HPS324H1, HPS331H1, HPS340H1, HPS345H1, HPS346H1, HPS347H1, HPS351H1, HPS354H1, HPS401H1, HPS402H1, HPS430H1, HPS440H1, HPS442H1, HPS444H1, HPS450H1, HPS455H1, JPH441H1, or any courses from program requirement (1) above.

4An additional 0.5 credit from program requirements (1), (2) and (3) above.

5An additional 1.0 credit from program requirements (1), (2) and (3) above and/or from the approved list of cognate courses: ANT204H1, ANT205H1, ANT345H1, ANT357H1, ANT358H1, ANT364H1, AST210H1, BIO220H1, CHC232H1, COG345H1, CSB202H1, CSC300H1, EAS328H1, EEB215H1, ENV200H1, ETH220H1, GGR223H1, GGR251H1, HIS300H1, HIS355H1, HIS423H1, HIS497H1, HMB301H1, JFP450H1, JIG322H1, JGE321H1, PCL389H1, PHL256H1, PHL273H1, PHL281H1, PHL342H1, PHL373H1, PHL377H1, PHL381H1, PHL384H1, PHY202H1, PSY328H1, SOC243H1, SOC250H1, SOC331H1, SOC356H1, WGS367H1 or another course approved by the program coordinator.

Note 1Note: Effective Fall 2026, courses associated with Victoria College’s Science, Technology, and Society program will have the new “STS” designator.

Courses these requirements name

  • HPS200H1Science and Values
  • HPS201H1Science, Technology, and Society: Methods and Approaches
  • HPS202H1Technology in the Modern World
  • HPS205H1Science, Technology, and Empire
  • VIC106H1Psychology and Society
  • VIC107H1Evolution, Genetics, and Behaviour
  • VIC109H1Innovators and Their Ideas
  • VIC121H1Evaluating Healthcare: Problems and Solutions
  • VIC122H1Scientific Evidence in Public Policy
  • VIC137H1Science and Science Fiction
  • VIC170Y1The Impact of Science on Our Society
  • VIC172Y1Physical Sciences Today
  • STS207H1Genetic Technologies: Scientific Promises and Ethical Dilemmas
  • CRE210H1Holography for 3D Visualization
  • CRE235H1Innovation in Society
  • REN242H1Scientific Worldviews of the Renaissance
  • STS245H1Science Wars: Society and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge
  • STS246H1Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Monster
  • CRE247H1Creativity in the Sciences
  • STS248H1Genetics in the Movies: Mad Scientists, Clones, Superhumans, and Designer Babies
  • STS301H1Public Communication in Science
  • STS302H1Science Policy
  • REN343H1Sex and Gender
  • CRE335H1Creativity and Collaboration in Social Enterprise
  • CRE345H1Evidence Based Approaches to Creativity
  • CRE371H1Documenting Reality
  • STS377H1Special Topics in Science, Technology and Society
  • STS452H1Science, Technology, & Society Internship
  • VIC493H1Vic Capstone Research Colloquium
  • HPS110H1The Science of Human Nature
  • HPS212H1Global Digital: Information, Computing, and Communication in the Modern World
  • HPS220H1Machines
  • HPS225H1Remaking the Past: The Re-creation and Re-enactment of Science and Technology
  • HPS240H1The Influence of the Eugenics Movement on Contemporary Society last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • HPS245H1Visions of Society and Progress
  • HPS246H1Data and Society: What's Behind the Numbers?
  • HPS255H1History and Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
  • HPS260H1Biology and the Future: Science and Science Fiction last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • HPS270H1Science and Literature
  • HPS272H1Science against Religion? A Complex History
  • HPS318H1History of Medicine I
  • HPS319H1History of Medicine II
  • HPS321H1Understanding Engineering Practice: From Design to Entrepreneurship
  • HPS324H1Natural Science and Social Issues
  • HPS331H1How Maps Transform the World, Society, and Ourselves
  • HPS340H1The Limits of Machine Intelligence
  • HPS345H1Quantifying the World: Debates on the Ethical and Epistemic Implications of AI and Automation
  • HPS346H1Modifying and Optimizing Life: on the Peculiar Alliance between AI, Biology, and Engineering
  • HPS347H1History of Autism Across Time and Cultures
  • HPS351H1Biomedical Sciences and Technologies in Global Society
  • HPS354H1History of Medicine and Public Health in the Middle East
  • HPS401H1Scientific Artifacts
  • HPS402H1Animals in the Histories of Science and Technology
  • HPS430H1History of Technology
  • HPS440H1Topics in History of Medicine
  • HPS442H1Sciences of Whiteness in the Middle East & Its Diasporas
  • HPS444H1Health, Medicine, and Society in the Mediterranean World
  • HPS450H1Revolutions in Science
  • HPS455H1Well-being and Policy Analysis
  • JPH441H1Physical Science in Contemporary Society
  • ANT204H1Social Cultural Anthropology and Global Issues
  • ANT205H1Medical Anthropology: Sociocultural Perspectives on Illness, Medicine and Care
  • ANT345H1Global Health: Anthropological Perspectives
  • ANT357H1Social Worlds of Medicine and Care
  • ANT358H1Medical Anthropology and Social Justice
  • ANT364H1Advocating Environmental and Climate Justice
  • AST210H1Great Moments in Astronomy
  • BIO220H1From Genomes to Ecosystems in a Changing World
  • CHC232H1Christianity and Science
  • COG345H1Issues in Cognitive Science V: Cognitive Science and Society
  • CSB202H1Further Exploration in Biotechnology
  • CSC300H1Computers and Society
  • EAS328H1Science, Technology and Society in Modern China
  • EEB215H1Conservation Biology
  • ENV200H1Assessing Global Change: Science and the Environment
  • ETH220H1Moral Psychology
  • GGR223H1Environment, Society and Resources
  • GGR251H1Geography of Innovation
  • HIS300H1Energy and Environment in Canadian History
  • HIS355H1A History of Pre-modern Medicine
  • HIS423H1Social History of Medicine in the 19th & 20th Centuries
  • HIS497H1Animal Politics and Science
  • HMB301H1Biotechnology
  • JFP450H1Indigenous Issues in Health and Healing
  • JIG322H1Indigenous Worlds, Worldviews and the Environment
  • JGE321H1Multicultural Perspectives on Environmental Management
  • PCL389H1Understanding the Role of Pharmacology and Toxicology in Society
  • PHL256H1Philosophy of the Internet
  • PHL273H1Environmental Ethics
  • PHL281H1Bioethics
  • PHL342H1Minds and Machines
  • PHL373H1Issues in Environmental Ethics
  • PHL377H1Ethical Issues in Big Data
  • PHL381H1Ethics and Medical Research
  • PHL384H1Ethics, Genetics and Reproduction
  • PHY202H1The Physics of Science Fiction and Gaming
  • PSY328H1Psychology and the Law
  • SOC243H1Sociology of Health and Illness
  • SOC250H1Sociology of Religion
  • SOC331H1Sociology of Technology last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
  • SOC356H1Data, Technology, and Society
  • WGS367H1The Politics of Gender and Health
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