Undergraduate Course: History of Science 1 (SCSU08002)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Science Studies Unit |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Introductory survey of the development of physical and biological thought from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. The course aims to show how non-scientific factors like magic and religion have had a profound effect on the development of science, as well as considering the impact of science on society in modern times. The course is appropriately combined with History of Medicine 1h. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students who have successfully completed the course will be able to:
1. describe the main stages in the changing nature and organisation of Western science, from the Ancient Greeks to the early Twentieth Century;
2. discuss the dominant idea about the nature of the physical world in different historical periods, and appreciate how these ideas change over time;
3. discuss how ideas about the natural world and practices associated with those ideas relate to the wider social and cultural context in which they are articulated;
4. critically evaluate the use of historical evidence in historical argument. |
Assessment Information
| Assessed by a short assessment approx. midway through the course (for up to 30% of the overall mark); and a long 2,000 word essay, submitted via WebCT to a deadline date, for the remaining possible 70% of the overall mark. In order to pass the course, the long essay must be passed. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr John Henry
Tel: (0131 6)50 4262
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Course secretary | Ms Roisin O'Fee
Tel: (0131 6)50 9975
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