The Science and Technology in Society (STS) program at Virginia Tech explores the relationship between science, technology, and society using both disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches. In the past two decades numerous interdisciplinary graduate programs in STS have emerged primarily at major research universities. Virginia Tech is the largest of these programs in the U.S. with more than 50 affiliated faculty and over 70 graduate students enrolled both in the National Capital Region and at the main campus in Blacksburg.

Students in the STS program come from a wide range of backgrounds including: history, anthropology/sociology, philosophy, the natural and physical sciences, engineering, and numerous professional disciplines. The research and scholarly pursuits of students and faculty cross a wide range of disciplinary boundaries. Graduates emerge with an ability to identify and examine the conceptual and social dimensions of science and technology simultaneously and in historical perspective.

Students can earn an M.S. or Ph.D. degree at the Northern Virginia Center in Falls Church. Certificates are also offered in:

• History of Science and Technology
• Philosophy of Science and Technology
• Social and Cultural Studies of Science and Technology
• Politics and Policy Studies of Science and Technology
• Science and Technology in Society
  
  

For more information visit:

http://www.sts.vt.edu/ncr/

Contact Information

Dr. Barbara Allen
Associate Director of Science and Technology Studies
Director, Graduate Program in STS
Virginia Tech
National Capital Region
7054 Haycock Road -- Room 441
Falls Church, VA 22043
Phone: (703) 538-3780

Contact email: ballen@vt.edu