Undergraduate Modules

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Professor Joe Cain teaches whole undergraduate modules (=classes, =courses), individual sessions, and research supervisions for undergraduate-level students. This spans across a broad range of subjects in history and philosophy of science, science communication, and science and technology studies. Most teaching occurs at UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS).

This page focuses on modules offered for undergraduate students (BSc, BA, BASc)

This is not the a catalogue of all modules in my remit. For more of that range:

Undergraduate Modules (HPSC)

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HPSC0070 Eugenics in Science and Culture | ProfJoeCain
Eugenics (historical)

HPSC0070 Eugenics in Science and Culture

Eugenics combined science and politics to create social policies intent on “improving the stock” of some human groups at the expense of others. This module investigates eugenics as a history of science and technology operating […]
HPSC0041 Dissertation
2026-27 Modules

HPSC0041 Dissertation (Teaching)

Undergraduates in UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) undertake final year projects resulting in dissertations or research reports. Students undertake a research project largely of their own design in the field of science […]