[WTI-trainee] New Fall 2025 Undergraduate Course: AI, Medicine and Society

[Knapp, Liz]

Dear WTI Undergraduate Students,

Check out this new cross-disciplinary course being offered Fall 2025:
AI, Medicine, and Society (SOCY/BENG 2048a)

Course Description:
AI has shown tremendous promise to address problems in medicine and science. There is also considerable hype surrounding AI and many concerns (some justified, some not) regarding the use of this type of technology. This discussion-based seminar will 1) provide undergraduate students across disciplines with a broad overview of issues related to AI in medicine at a non-technical level, drawing on perspectives from the interpretive/humanistic social sciences, computing, engineering, and healthcare and 2) model interdisciplinary communication and build a robust framework for collaboration.
Overarching topics, grounded in medical case studies, include what it means for computers to “think” and how we understand what they are thinking about; the use and limits of scientific knowledge in making policy decisions; bias, fairness, equity, equality; the challenges of implementation of AI systems; safety and risk; and the human/computer interface.
The course will also provide a high level overview of machine learning, discussing opportunities, limitations, and tradeoffs. Ultimately, the course offers a grounded look at how AI is being discussed and deployed on the ground in medicine, equipping students with a critical lens for thinking about responsible and practical implementation and innovation when it comes to AI.


The Canvas link is here: SOCY 2048 01 (FA25): AI, Medicine, and Society<https://yale.instructure.com/courses/110385>. We are also working on a textbook for the class. The intro chapter is on Canvas for anyone who is curious to know more.







Liz Knapp, PhD
Manager of Student & Postdoctoral Programs
Wu Tsai Institute
Yale University
elizabeth.m.knapp at yale.edu<mailto:elizabeth.m.knapp at yale.edu>
860.462.8453

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