VAST COURSES - SPRING 2008

Clicking on the course number will take you to a page with a course description. There you will also find links to the course syllabus (if available) and the course home page (if it exists). Some VAST courses carry elective credit for minor programs. Courses which may be used as an elective for the Environmental Science minor are colored green and the Health Care and Society minor purple.

* - Preference to CS majors.
** - Weekend field trips required.

Course No. Course Title Instructor Meeting Times
VAST 200 Computers and Society* J. Nestor MWF 11:00-11:50
VAST 206 AIDS: A Modern Pandemic T. Yuster MWF  1:10-2:00
VAST 212 Values and Technology in Gothic Architecture L. Van Gulick TR 11:00-12:15
VAST 218 Technological Development in the Third World R. Ruggles TTh 2:45-4:00
VAST 235 Science, Technology, and Social Change H. Schneiderman MWF 11:00-11:50
VAST 248 The Dog Course P. Donahue TR 2:45-4:00
VAST 252 The Future of the Book C. Reyns-Chikuma MW 11:00-12:15
VAST 257 Nightmares of Science M. Jordan MWF 2:10-3:00
and T 2:10-4:00
VAST 260 Creeds and Computers K. Briggs MW 11:00-12:15
VAST 269 Reinventing the Machine J. Pfaffmann MWF 10:00-10:50
VAST 270 Energy Resources, Uses, and Technologies W. Hornfeck MWF 2:10-3:00
VAST 27701 Questions of Trust in Science J. Shieber TTh 11:00-12:15
VAST 27702 Questions of Trust in Science J. Shieber TTh 1:15-2:30
VAST 278 Weapons of Mass Destruction M. Stark MWF 2:10-3:00
VAST 283 Music, Recording Technology, and Society L. Stockton TR 1:15-2:30
VAST 28401 Natural and Social Disasters B. Washington MWF 11:00-11:50
VAST 28402 Natural and Social Disasters B. Washington MWF 3:10-4:00
VAST 285 Staging Science, Playing Technology M. O'Neill TR 1:15-2:30
VAST 287 Influenza Pandemics: Bird Flu and Other Anxieties L. DeTora MWF 9:00-9:50
VAST 290 Climate Change: The Facts, the Issues, and the Long-Term View** K. Lawrence MW 11:00-12:15
VAST 29101 Are We Prepared? Emergency Management, Planning and Preparedness after 9/11 D. Elliot TR 1:15-2:30
VAST 29102 Are We Prepared? Emergency Management, Planning and Preparedness after 9/11 D. Elliot MW 2:45-4:00
VAST 293 Pharmaceuticals: Scientific Challenges and Ethical Dilemmas N. Waters MW 11:00-11:50
and F 11:00-12:50
VAST 294 From Frankenstein to Einstein Y. Gindt MWF 1:10-2:00
VAST 295 Addiction R. Allan MWF 1:10-2:00
VAST 296 Narratives of Mental Illness P. Cefalu TTh 1:15-2:45
VAST 297 Human Security as a Global Public Good G. Hutchinson TTh 9:30-10:45
VAST 298 The Rise of Industrial America J. Tiernan TTh 7:30-9:00