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\n\t\n\tCourses recognized under Minor in Science, Technology & Society<\/strong><\/p>\n (To see whether the courses are offered in the semester, please check NUSmods<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n *GET1020 for cohort 2020 and before; GEX1007 for cohort 2021 and after<\/p>\n **GEH1026 for cohort 2020 and before; GEC1009 for cohort 2021 and after<\/p>\n ***GET1025 for cohort 2020 and before; GEX1011 for cohort 2021 and after<\/p>\n ****Subject to changes and availability<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Last updated: 10 November 2025<\/p>\n\tACADEMIC CONVENOR<\/strong> Courses Offered Courses recognized under Minor in Science, Technology & Society (To see whether the courses are offered in the semester, please check NUSmods) COURSE CODE\/TITLE Essential Courses HY2251 History of Technology and Virtual Reality SC3211 Science, Technology and Society PH2223 Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology PH2201 Introduction to Philosophy of Science (For Cohort […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"parent":281,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-298","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/oop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/oop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/oop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/oop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/oop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/oop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2202,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/oop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/298\/revisions\/2202"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/oop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/oop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n COURSE CODE\/TITLE<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n Essential Courses<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n HY2251 History of Technology and Virtual Reality<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n SC3211 Science, Technology and Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n PH2223 Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n PH2201 Introduction to Philosophy of Science (For Cohort 2021 and after)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Level-1000 Courses<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEC1000\/GEH1001 Globalisation and New Media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEC1011\/GEH1043 Microbes which Changed Human History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEC1012\/GEH1044 Understanding Globalisation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEC1016\/GEH1050 Plants and Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEH1018 A Brief History of Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEI1000\/GET1031 Computational Thinking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEI1002\/GET1030 Computers and the Humanities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEK1013 or GEH1021 Rethinking Technology, Organisations and People<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEK1046 Introduction to Cultural Studies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEK1501 Information Technology and Us<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEK1502 Food Security and Safety<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEK1506 Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEK1513 Wireless Communications – Past, Present and Future<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEK1522 or GEH1025 Global Environmental Issues<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEK1527 or LSM1302 Genes and Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEK1536 or GEH1017 Computation and Machine: Ancient and Modern<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEK1539 or GEH1018 A Brief History of Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEM1536 or GET1020 or GEX1007 Darwin and Evolution*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEH1059 Living in a Nuclear World (Note: Defunct with effect from Sem 2 AY2023-24)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEC1009 or GEH1026 or GEK2506 Drugs and Society**<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GESS1002\/GES1004 The Biophysical Environment of Singapore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GET1010 or GEM2502 Modes of Invention<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEX1011 or GET1025 or PH2225\/GEK2041 Science Fiction and Philosophy***<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n HS1501 Artificial Intelligence and Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n HS1502 Conceptual Introduction to Machine Learning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n IT1244 Artificial Intelligence: Technology and Impact<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n NM1101E Communications, New Media and Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Level-2000 Courses<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n HS2914 How to Get Humans and Machines to Talk to Each Other<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n HSI2008 A Brief History of Science & Why Things Often Go Wrong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n HSI2012 From Ancient Cosmologies to Big Bang<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n HSI2014 Science, Medical Technology and Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n HY2235 or GEK2008 Environmental History<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n HY2251 History of Technology and Virtual Reality<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n NM2101 Theories of Communications and New Media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n NM2102 Communications and New Media Research (To Cohort 2012 only)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n NM2209 Social Psychology of New Media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n NSS2001% Science and Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n PH2201 or GEM2025 Introduction to Philosophy of Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n PH2216 or GEK2031 Environmental Philosophy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n PH2217 or GEK2032 Computerisation and Ethics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n PH2223 or GEK2037 Introduction to the Philosophy of Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n SC2211 Medical Sociology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n SC2221 Environment and Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n SN2251 The Information Revolution in India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n PH2226 Concept of Nature in Inquiry (Defunct from AY2026\/27 Sem 1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEM2902 Climate Change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n SSU2000 Biomedicine and Singapore Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n GEK2041 Science Fiction and Philosophy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Level-3000 Courses<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n AN3209 Anthropology of Technology
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n GE3231 Natural Hazards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n HY3223 Technology and Culture in the Asia-Pacific<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n HY3252 From Tropical Medicine to Bioscience<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n HY3261 Historicizing Science, Technology and Society
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n NM3202 Governance and New Media<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n NM3210 Cybercrime and Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n PH3213 Knowledge, Modernity, and Global Change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n SC3211 Science, Technology and Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n SC3218 Inquiry in Health and Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n SE3218 Industrialising Singapore and Southeast Asia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n JS3226 Japan: The Green Nation?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Level-4000 Courses<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n NM4225 Critical Interaction Design (5 Units) (For Cohort 2016 to 2020)
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\nAssoc Prof Natalie Pang<\/strong>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"