UNSW Handbook Course - Advanced History of Science

Advanced History of Science - HPSC3100


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of History and Philosophy
	Course Outline: See below
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Introduces students to key issues, methods and debates in the history of science by means of close examination of case studies of significant turning points in the development of Western science. Critical examination of primary sources will be stressed, along with the central historiographical debates concerning each case. Issues include: the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century; science and technology in the Enlightenment; life science and the sciences of the environment in the 19th and 20th Centuries.

Learning Outcomes

Develop an in-depth understanding of an especially active area of research in history of science
Learn to appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of different evidence-acquiring and interpretive strategies used by historians of science, and in so doing develop skills critically to assess historiography - that is story-telling - about science.

Assessment

Varies with year.

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