Undergraduate Bulletin 2011-2013 » Academic Departments and Programs » History » Advanced History Courses » Courses in Special and Comparative Historical Topics » HIS 302: Science and Society.
HIS 302: Science and Society.
3 hours, 3 credits. Social aspects of the growth of modern science from the seventeenth century to the present. Religion and science in Galileo's Italy, science and technology during the industrial revolution, scientific institutions during the French Enlightenment, Darwin and Social Darwinism, eugenics and racial hygiene, big science, and the human genome project.
Last modified: 2/22/2013
