STS Major - Application Guidelines

Application Deadlines:

Fall: By the Add Deadline (early September)
Spring: By the Add Deadline (early February)

Applications will be reviewed after the Add Deadline each semester. This is to allow time to review and process decisions ahead of pre-enrollment for the upcoming semester.

If you miss the deadline, please email sts-dept@cornell.edu.

Applications submitted after the deadlines may be reviewed over the winter or summer break respectively.

Guidelines for Application:

Candidates for admission to the Science & Technology Studies Major complete: 

  • ONE STS course. STS First-year Writing Seminars may count as the prerequisite but not as part of the major. There are no other prerequisites, but students should plan to fulfill the BIO-AS, PHS-AS, SDS-AS, and SMR-AS distribution requirements for the College of Arts & Sciences early in their college careers in order to be in a position to take additional science or engineering courses as outlined below.

The Application Includes:

  • Personal and academic information
  • Elected Theme in the Major
  • Tentative plan of courses that fulfill the Science & Technology Studies requirements, including courses you have taken and those you plan to take.

Science & Technology Studies Major Application 

Major Resources

STS Course Offerings

Course Checklist (Major Requirements)

Suggested Curriculum

Contacts

Director of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor, Rebecca Slayton, (sts-bsoc-dus@cornell.edu)

Undergraduate Coordinator
David Ryan (dwr28@cornell.edu)

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