Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2022-2023
HIST 260 - EARLY HISTORY OF SCIENCE
Long Title: EARLY HISTORY OF SCIENCE
Department: History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: A survey of the history of science from the ancient world to the Enlightenment. Topics include: science in the ancient world (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome); science in the medieval Arab and Islamicate world and in medieval Europe; the “Scientific Revolution;” and the early modern sciences of the European Enlightenment.