The Novum is a site for the Science, Technology, and Society degree program at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. The STS program offers both a major and a minor and includes two tracks: environment & sustainability and policy & law.
Novum means new thing. The term is often used in discussions of science fiction to refer to a new invention or social change that creates the world of the story. The speculation required to imagine new fictional worlds mirrors the creative thinking required to enact new futures in the real world. The STS degree prepares students to examine and analyze the ways the world is, to imagine what it could be, and to take action to effect change.
We look to our students to create the world they (and we) will live in, and a degree in STS is a way to both contribute to and understand this world as it unfolds.
Most Recent Posts
Spooky Science at the Movies!: Week 3
The third of a series by Christy Tidwell recommending classic and contemporary STS-related horror movies to watch this Halloween season! Here, she turns to two possibly less well-known movies.
Automatic Art: or, How to Take the Human out of the Humanities
What are the roles of the human and of technology in creating art? Evan Thomas reflects on his Humanities & Technology class in which students explore the possibility of “taking the human out of art.”
Spooky Science at the Movies!: Week 2
For Halloween season, Christy Tidwell shares another pair of STS-related horror movie recommendations!
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