Welcome to Centre for Society, Technology and Values

The following courses that are eligible for the STV Diploma are available in Fall 2025:

Fundamentals:

• STV100 - Society, Technology and Values: Introduction
• STV210 - The Computing Society (0.50)
• HIST212 - The Computing Society (0.50)

Critical theory and ethics:

• ENVS105 - Environmental Sustainability and Ethics (0.50)
• PHIL215 - Professional and Business Ethics (0.50)
• PHIL226 - Biomedical Ethics (0.50)
• PHIL228 - Ethics and Artificial Intelligence (0.50)
• SOC232 - Technology and Social Change (0.50)
• STV305 - Technology, Society and the Modern City (0.50)

Critical thinking: Issues and applications:

• AE101 - History of the Built Environment (0.50)
• ARCH142 - Introduction to Cultural History (0.50)
• ENGL108D - Digital Lives (0.50)
• ENGL295 - Social Media (0.50)
• ERS215 - Environmental and Sustainability Assessment 1 (0.50)
• ERS270 - Introduction to Sustainable Agroecosystems (0.50)
• LS329 - Security and Governance (0.50)
• NE109 - Societal and Environmental Impacts of Nanotechnology (0.50)
• PACS201 - Roots of Conflict, Violence, and Peace (0.50)
• PACS315 - Engineering and Peace (0.50)
• SOC329 - Security and Governance (0.50)

Fall 2025

ENGL 344: Modern American Literature 
Modernist Techno-Culture - Data, Network, Surveillance, Automation

Taught by Professor Heather Love, this course will explore how authors responded in creative and insightful ways as they sought to understand the implications of technological changes and to articulate strategies for addressing their challenges; not to mention lessons for today’s readers. In this course, we will explore some of those transhistorical resonances by tracking connections between modernist-era texts and four present-day technology keywords: Data, Network, Surveillance, and Automation.

For more information: https://uwaterloo.ca/english/undergrad-this-years-courses/engl-344-modern-american-literature

Collaboration and teamwork are essential for solving complex, real-world problems and are in high demand by employers. In fact, according to a recent survey, the #1 attribute employers look for when hiring is the ability to work well in a team. Yet students rarely have the opportunity to study and apply the theories and best practices for making collaboration work. In this course, you will crack the code of making collaboration work by leveraging this research to acquire a variety of important skills. Open to all 2A+ UW students!

Listed on the Faculty of Engineering Complementary Studies List.

Link for more info: https://uwaterloo.ca/knowledge-integration/current-undergraduates/course-offerings/ki-elective-courses/integ-210