2018-19 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2018-19 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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HIST 33400 - Science And Society In Western Civilization II


Prerequisite(s): HIST 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR HIST 15200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

Credit Hours: 3.00. This course considers Western science and society from the time of Newton to the present. Beginning with Copernicus to Newton, topics next include biological classification, modern chemistry, and the onset of the industrial revolution. For the nineteenth century the course stresses the maturation of biology. Darwinian evolution, the dynamic synthesis and electromagnetic studies, and the second industrial revolution. In the twentieth century, the course covers modern physics, the life sciences, the understanding of the universe, and the interaction between pure and applied science. The course concludes with some of the modern social and political problems which science caused by its success.Typically offered Fall Spring.


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