INTD 220 - History of Physical Sciences

2020-2021 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 1
Lecture: 1
Non-Lecture: 0
This course will explore the history of the physical sciences: physics, chemistry, geology, and related fields. Attention will be given to both the scientific advances (especially as revealed in key experiments), and also the broader development of a scientific world view. After initial class meetings, small teams of students will work independently to produce a focused study on a particular person, experiment, or institution. Each team will have members from the sciences and members from the humanities. The course focus will be on Western thought between the years 1500 and 1900, although a few projects outside those guidelines may be allowed with instructor permission.

Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and junior standing with a major of History, Philosophy, Physics, Chemistry or Geology.
Offered: Spring, when demand is sufficient