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