Advancements in science and technology have various impacts on our society. But society also affects the scientific world, influencing its direction, through pressure groups, social values and priorities. In essence, Science, Technology and Society (STS) is the study of the interaction between these two spheres. It seeks to develop insights into the nature of science and technology, and the ways in which they both influence and are influenced by society, politics, and culture. Importantly, the course will prepare students for the challenges of the contemporary world. Increasingly, the dilemmas that confront people, whether in government, industry, politics or daily life, cut across the conventional lines of academic training and thought. STS seeks to overcome the divisions, particularly between the two cultures of humanities and science, and prepare future citizens to respond knowledgeably and reflectively, combining interpretive inquiry and rational analysis. This programme will bring together coherently, areas of studies which do not ordinarily meet each other in the undergraduate curriculum. This highly multi- and interdisciplinary approach to study, combines modules from the earth sciences, geography, history, politics, business, law and mathematics. You will examine science and technology from historical, geographical, philosophical, political and sociological perspectives and critically understand the past, present and possible futures of science and technology. Students will explore a host of complementary perspectives on the sciences and technology in human cultures and consider how interdisciplinary collaboration could assist in finding innovative and viable solutions to international issues such as climate change, artificial intelligence and embryo manipulation. Drawing on interdisciplinary thinking at the intersections of science and humanities from across the Institution, it will offer masterclasses and workshops to complement the curriculum from leading research Centres such as the Environment and Sustainability Institute, the Centre for Environmental Arts and Humanities and Science, Wellcome Centre for Cultures + Environments of Health Culture and the Law at Exeter (SCuLE). The programme cuts across the conventional lines of academic training and thought and is designed to shape students into citizens that can respond knowledgeably and reflectively to the most important challenges of the contemporary world; whether in government, industry, politics or daily life. A Science, Technology and Society student should emerge from university as an engaged, active and committed global citizen.