HIS
5461 Studies in Ancient and Medieval
Science. Credits: 3
Topical approach to
origins of science from the second millennium B.C. to rebirth of classical
thought in the fifteenth century. Topics derive primarily from Hellenic
and Hellenistic Greece; focus on works of Aristotle, Galen, Ptolemy,
their principal contemporaries, and later Islamic and Latin followers.
HIS
5480 The Scientific Revolution. Credits: 3
Emergence of modern
science from Copernicus to Newton, exploring the notions of empiricism,
experiment, mechanism, materialism, and the historical concepts of
continuity, change, revolution, progress, as well as changing notions
of evidence and discourse. Emphasis on conceptual analysis of primary
text material.
HIS
5484 Science and the Enlightenment. Credits: 3
Theoretical
developments in the physical and biological sciences between the late
seventeenth and late eighteenth centuries, including significance
of social and cultural dimensions of natural science.
HIS
5485 Special Studies in the History of Science. Credits: 3 (max:
9)
HIS
5487 Physical Science Since 1800.Credits:
3
Major developments
in physical science from beginning of nineteenth century to post-World
War II period. Institutional and social aspects of the organization
of scientific research.
HIS
5500 Life Science Since 1800. Credits: 3
Critical
problems of concern to biologists. Role of mechanistic/materialistic
vs. vitalistic and reductionistic vs. holistic approaches to development
of biology, as well as relationship of biology to physical and social
sciences.
HIS
6469 Topics in Historiography of History of Science. Credits:
3 (max: 9)
History
of writing in the discipline of History of Science from the Enlightenment
to Post-Modern. Variable topics include, as examples: classical studies,
history of ideas; social construction.
HIS
6478 Topics in the Scientific Revolution Credits: 3
Social,
cultural, and intellectual roots of modern science from Copernicus
to Newton. Variable topics: primary sources, historiography, humanism
and science.
HIS 6480 Pre-Newtonian Sciences. Credits: 3
Physical
and life sciences before Newton; may cut across chronological, geographical,
and disciplinary boundaries.
HIS
6482 Modern Physical Science. Credits:
3 (max: 6)
Prereq: HIS 5500
or permission of instructor
Issues surrounding
individual episodes from history of physics and/or chemistry in post-Newtonian
era.
HIS
6486 Seminar: Modern Biological Science.
Credits: 3 (max: 6)
Prereq: HIS 5500
or permission of instructor
Themes and issues
in history of modern biological thought. Persistent controversies
in evolutionary theory such as nature of selection, units of selection,
evolutionary rates, and relationship of macroevolution to microevolution.
Emphasis on close reading of On the Origin of the Species and other
texts.
HIS
6488 Readings in the History of Science. Credits: 1-4 (max: 12)
Inquiry
into development of western scientific thought and institutions. Specific
historical topics having intellectual coherence and substantial historiography.
HIS
6489 Seminar: Social & Cultural Aspects of the History of
Science. Credits: 3 (max: 9)
Inquiry
into social and cultural contexts of western science. Literature,
cultural values, religious beliefs, and educational institutions in
western civilization. Issue of gender in science.
History
of Technology
HIS
3470 History of Technology I. F. Credits: 3
The
development of technology and engineering from antiquity to approximately
1750 with emphasis on the relationship of this development to the
growth of western civilization.
HIS
3471 History of Technology II. S. Credits: 3
The
development of technology and engineering from approximately 1750
to WW I with emphasis on the relationship of this development to the
changing patterns of life in western civilization.
History
of Medicine
HIS
3490 History of Modern Medicine. Credits: 3
Beginning
with primitive societies, the course will trace the development of
ideas of medical treatment, concepts of disease, and the growth of
medical knowledge over the centuries. Students will also have the
opportunity to perform research on an aspect of medical history of
interest to them.
HIS
3491 Social History of American Medicine. Credits: 3
A
topical approach to the origins and special problems of the healing
professions in America. Emphasis is on social history rather than
on technological developments. Topics may vary each time the course
is offered. Student may repeat course when topics change.
