Science in a Changing World
engaging with scientific, technological, educational and social change
This Masters and Graduate Certificate track serves students who want to focus on science in the context of social change or in the context of a people's intellectual development.
Course material, classroom activities, teaching/learning interactions, and projects on real-world problems are designed to provide students opportunities:
- to learn about science in context
- to gain a set of models for their own work in education, policy, and other areas of civic engagement
- to discuss practices and philosophies of science, education, and social change; and
- to undertake research with a view to engaging with science in a changing social and personal world.
SICW students graduate well prepared to move across the persistent divide between sciences and humanities, to participate in questioning and shaping the direction of science and society, and to teach and engage others to participate in this important endeavor.
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Students in the Graduate Program in the Critical and Creative Thinking (CCT) at UMass Boston can also emphasize "science in a changing world" without choosing the SICW track. It is possible to complete the entire M.A. with a SICW emphasis at a distance by: undertaking the Certificate through online and distance courses; getting approval to transfer to the M.A. program; and participating in the remaining regular classes at a distance.
For timing and frequency of course offerings, see upcoming semesters' schedules and provisional longer-term plan.
Allied activities open to graduate students:
New England Workshop on Science and Social Change
Inter-college faculty Seminar in Science and Humanities
Health In Society Research Discussion Group
SICW wiki
For more information, please contact the Program Office, cct@umb.edu, or view the CCT Program handbook.