Description
This is a course on the history of science, with an emphasis on the development of modern views toward biology,
medicine and how they have affected our views of human nature. In this course, students will practice basic and
advanced historical skills, and a large amount of in-class time will be spent on discussing and practicing the techniques
that historians use to investigate and understand our world. The following questions will be explored. How and why
have humans attempted to learn about the natural world, attempted to do science and medicine? How and why have
those attempts changed over time? How have discoveries in science and medicine changed our social, cultural and
religious values? How have our social, cultural and religious values changed our study of science andmedicine?
Credits: 3.0
Prerequisites: Determined bymajor and COM 101