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College of Arts and Sciences

Technologies and Society Curriculum

Discover the Technologies and Society Curriculum

The Technologies and Society minor provides students with a critical understanding of the broad societal impacts and ethical implications of emerging technologies, the ways in which society and technologies shape each other, and how society holds various stakeholders of technologies responsible.

Minor

The minor prepares students for a wide variety of careers, including in business, computer science, engineering, ethics, law, media and public policy. Regardless of their major, students pursuing this minor will improve their literacy concerning existing and emerging technologies, evaluating their benefits, drawbacks and associated ethical challenges in society.

Explore Technologies and Society Courses

Learn more about what current courses are available by pressing on the button below! Not all courses listed will be available every semester. Make sure to check course offerings on the registration portal for each upcoming semester.

View the available courses for the minor in Technologies and Society for Spring 2027.

Program Requirements

Each student declares their major(s) and minor(s) under a single catalog of record that is identified on the student's degree audit (available on Degree Works).

The program requirements below are based on the current course catalog and may not be applicable if a student is declared in an earlier catalog.

Find all previous course catalogs on our Archived Catalogs of Record page.

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Minor

Minor unit estimates include preparation for the minor requirements as well as minor unit requirements.