HIST 265

Spring 2019 All Classes

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Science in Western Civ

Credit: 3 hours.

Topics in the intellectual and social history of science in the West.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Hist & Phil

Cultural Studies - Western

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HIST 265 class schedule data for spring 2019
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	68784	Lecture-Discussion	B	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	156 Henry Administration Bldg	Sepkoski, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/14/19-05/01/19 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: Description: This is a survey of the history of science in the West over the past 2000 years, with an emphasis on the important role science has come to have in our society. Topics will include the ancient and medieval astronomy, Galileo and the church, the Scientific Revolution, Darwin and evolution, Einstein and relativity, the atom bomb, the discovery of DNA, the invention of computers, and environmental science.