Course Catalog - 2006-2007

     

HIST 418 - TOPICS IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE

Long Title: NEW DIRECTIONS IN SCIENCE STUDIES AFTER KUHN
Department: History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Seminar on slected topics in the history of science. Topic Spring 2007-developments in history of science and science technology studies following the work of Thomas Kuhn: actor-network theory; syndromic illness; genetics/genomics of race; post-humanist biology and cyborgs; corporate "science" and the expert witness; historical epistemology and anarchy; the scientific "author". Repeatable for Credit.