Departments across campus offer courses appropriate for Ph.D. students in the HSD program. The following is a list of representative courses. Not all courses are offered in any single semester.
Conceptual, Philosophical, and Historical Perspectives
| Campus | Prefix/ Number | Title |
| M | ASB 412 | History of Anthropology |
| M | BIO 591/ PHI 591 | Philosophy of Biology |
| M | BIO 591 | Genes, Development, and Evolution |
| M | BIO 591 | History and Philosophy of Science Lab |
| M | BIO 591 | Topics in the History, Philosophy, and Theory of Biology |
| M | BIO 591 | History of Biology |
| M | HPS 513 | Decisions and Strategies |
| M | HPS 514 | Philosophy of Science |
| M | HPS 522 | History of Science |
| M | HPS 591 | Technology, Society, and Human Values |
| M | HPS 591 | Immunophilosophy |
| M | HPS 591/ PHI 591 | Carnap and Quine |
| M | HST 460 | History of Fire |
| M | HST 591 | Environmental History |
| HST 598 | Environmental History | |
| M | PHI 494 | Science and Religion |
| M | PHI 591 | Philosophy of Science |
Social and Institutional Perspectives
| Campus | Prefix/ Number | Title |
| M | ASB 591S | Social Dimensions of Scientific Research |
| M | BIO 416/ HPS 410 | Professional Values in Science |
| M | BIO 598 | Nanoscience in Society |
| M | ENG 598 | Science and Entertainment |
| M | ENG 598 | Studies in Transhumanism: Genetics, Robotics, Information Technology, Nanosciences, and the Human Future(s) |
| M | POS 426 | Technology and Society |
| W | SOC 419 | Organizations and Technological Change |
| M | WST 598 | Gender, Science and Technology |
Political and Policy Perspectives
| Campus | Prefix/ Number | Title |
| M | ASB 591/ BIO 591/ GLG 591/ POS 591 | Uncertainty and Decision Making |
| M | ASB 598/ POS 598/ BIO 598/ JUS 598 | Science, Technology, and Societal Outcomes |
| M | BIO 515/ PAF 547 | Science, Technology, and Public Affairs |
| M | BIO 516/ PHI 591 | Foundations of Bioethics |
| M | BIO 591 | Bioethics, Policy, and Law Journal Club |
| M | BIO 591 | Environmental Ethics and Policy Goals |
| M | BIO 591/ HPS 591 | Bioethics and the Brain |
| M | CEE 598 | Earth Systems Engineering and Management |
| M | GTD 501 | Global Technology and Development |
| M | GTD 503 | Technology and the International Political System |
| M | GTD 598 | Technology and Development in Latin America |
| M | GTD 598 | Technology and Development in the Middle East |
| M | JUS 494 | Justice and Public Policy |
| M | JUS 494 | Politics of Design |
| M | JUS 494 | Surveillance and Society |
| M | JUS 494 | Science, Technology and Inequality |
| M | JUS 591/ JUS 691 | Globalization, Technology, and Justice |
| M | LAW 617 | Genetics and the Law |
| M | LAW 645 | Patent Law |
| M | LAW 648 | International Intellectual Property |
| LAW 652 | Bioethics and the Law | |
| M | LAW 691 | Arizona Media Law |
| M | LAW 691 | Research Law, and Science |
| M | LAW 691/ BIO 591 | Biotechnology |
| M | LAW 703 | Law, Science and Technology |
| LAW 705 | Media Law | |
| M | LAW 791 | Biotechnology, Licensing, and Literature |
| M | LAW 791 | Law in the Digital Era |
| M | LAW 791 | Nanotechnology |
| M | LAW 791 | Neuroscience and the Law |
| M | PAF 546 | Environmental Policy and Management |
| D | PAF 591 | E-government and Information Technology Policy |
| M | PHI 494/ BIO 494 | Religion and Bioethics |
| M | PHI 591/ BIO 591/ LAW 791 | Research Ethics and Law |
| M | POS 426 | Elements of Public Policy |
| M | POS 598 | International Organizations: "Knowledge and Power in International Governance" |
| M | POS 598 | Reflexivity in Science and Governance |
| M | POS 598/ PAF 598/ HPS 598 | The Role of Experts in the Policy Process |
Methods
| Campus | Prefix/ Number | Title |
| M | ASB 540 | Method and Theory of Sociocultural Anthropology and Archaeology |
| M | ASB 541 | Method and Theory of Social and Cultural Anthropology |
| M | ASB 591 | Global and Transnational Ethnography |
| W | ASB 598/ SOC 598 | Ethnographic Field Lab |
| M | BIO 591 | Qualitative Research Methods for Biology and Society |
| M | HPS 591 | Historical Methods |
| M | HPS 591 | Philosophical Methods |
| M | JUS 509 | Statistical Problems in Justice Research |
| M | JUS 521 | Qualitative Data Analysis and Evaluation |
| M | JUS 620 | Justice Research and Methods |
| M | JUS 630 | Data Analysis for Justice Research |
| M | JUS 650 | Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis |
| M | JUS 691 | Evaluation Research |
| D | PAF 540 | Advanced Policy Analysis |
| M | POS 501 | Methods of Political Science |
| M | POS 602 | Advanced Survey Research |
| M | POS 603 | Polimetrics I |
| M | POS 604 | Polimetrics II |
| M | POS 606 | Qualitative and Textual Analysis |
| M | SOC 501 | Practicum in Survey Research |
| M | SOC 502 | Practicum in Survey Research |
| M | SOC 588 | Methodological Issues in Sociology |
| M | WST 598 | Engendering Methodology |