HSCI3611
HSCI 3611 - Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Rise of Modern Science (3 Cr.) Global Perspectives, Historical Perspectives
History of Science & Technology (11142)
TIOT - College of Science and Engineering
HSCI 3611 - Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Rise of Modern Science (3 Cr.) Global Perspectives, Historical Perspectives
Course description
Understanding the origins of our own culture of Modern Science in the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century. Newton's ambiguous legacy; science as wonder and spectacle; automata and monsters; early theories of sex and gender; empire and scientific expeditions; reshaping the environment; inventing human sciences; Frankenstein and the limits of science and reason.
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
OPT - Student Option
Lecture
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for:
02072
This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)
Historical Perspectives, Global Perspectives
Typically offered term(s)
Periodic Spring