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The Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Program of the Claremont Colleges is predicated on the idea that a full understanding of the character and cultural significance of science and technology requires an interdisciplinary approach involving training in science along with scholarship in the humanities and social sciences.

Pitzer, Pomona, and Scripps currently offer an STS concentration or major. Pomona and Pitzer offer minors in STS. Harvey Mudd students may concentrate through one of these colleges or may design an Independent Program of Studies in STS at Harvey Mudd.

All concentrations include:

  • two core courses in the history of science and technology
  • one in the philosophy of science
  • one in Political, Cultural, and Social Perspectives on Science and Technology
  • three courses in a department related to the student’s interest in Science, Technology, and Society
  • a designated number of courses in science and mathematics, with students focusing their interest on a particular science, such as chemistry or psychology
  • an integrative, interdisciplinary seminar in their senior year
  • followed by a senior thesis