Welcome to Centre for Society, Technology and Values

The following courses have been added to the STV Diploma for the 2026–2027 year:

Fundamentals

• STV212 - Technology and Society in Film (0.50)

Critical theory and ethics

• ARBUS202 - Professional and Business Ethics (0.50)
• STV201 - Society, Technology and Values: Special Topics (0.50)
• STV401 - Society, Technology and Values: Advanced Topics (0.50)

Critical thinking: Issues and applications

• GBDA203 - Introduction to Digital Culture (0.50)

• STV201 - Society, Technology and Values: Special Topics (0.50)
• STV401 - Society, Technology and Values: Advanced Topics (0.50)

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