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Course Schedule—Fall 2005

History of Science & Technology

HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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140.105 (H,S)

HISTORY OF MEDICINE: ANTIQUITY TO SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION (3) Bylebyl  Limit 15 20 per section  Course provides an overview of the medical traditions of six ancient cultures; the development of Greek and Islamic traditions in Europe; and the reform and displacement of the Classical traditions during the Scientific Revolution.

Cross-listed with Public Health Studies

Sec. 04 added 09/16/05

Lec.

Sec. 01

02

03

04

MT 10

W 10

W 10

W 10

W 10

140.313 (H,S)

LIVES IN SCIENCE (3) Todes   Limit 20:sec.01 / Limit 13: sec.02   The lives and scientific work of leading scientists from Galileo to Einstein, also including Newton, Lavoisier, Darwin, Pasteur, and Pavlov.

Lec.

Sec. 01

02

MT 11

W 11

W 11

140.321 (H,S)

THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION (3) Boschiero   Limit 20 per section     Course concerns developments in early modern Europe known as the Scientific Revolution. Topics include cosmology, astronomy, mechanics, natural history, and chemistry and issues involving magic, technology, humanism, and the social content of early modern science.

Lec.

Sec. 01

02

MT 10

W 10

W 10

140.329 (H,S)

SEVEN WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD (3) Leslie     Limit 100     Everyone knows the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, but what about their modern counterparts?  This course explores modern engineering wonders and it also considers seven catastrophes of modern engineering.

Sec. 01

MTW 11

140.373 (H,S)
             (W)
             

THE BODY AND HEALTH CARE IN JAPAN (3) Low   Limit 20 This course explores differing conceptions of the body and health care in Japan from the eighteenth century through to the present day.

Cross-listed with Study of Women, Gender, & Sexuality

Sec. 01

W 2-5

140.411 (H,S)

SENIOR RESEARCH SEMINAR (2) Leslie

Sec. 01

TBA

140.432 (H,S)
              (W)

MAN AND THE NATURAL WORLD (3) Kingsland  Limit 12  Seminar on history of ecology, health and the environment, environmental movements, 19th-21st century.  Topics will depend partly on student interests and research projects. Open to Juniors, Seniors and Graduate Students only 

Sec. 01

W 2-5

140.440 (H,S)
              (W)

PICTURING KNOWLEDGE: THE VISUAL CULTURE AL OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND MEDICINE (3) Leslie/Low   Limit 15   This course explores the history of images and representations of science, medicine, and technology from early microscopy and anatomical illustration to MRI, bubble chambers and the Space Telescope. 

Sec. 01

M 2-5

360.112 (H,S)

THE CITY: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE (3) Crenson/Kargon Limit 40     Freshmen only

Cross-listed with Interdepartmental, Political Science, Latin American Studies

Sec. 01

T 2-4,
W 2

280.156 (H,S)

THE INVENTION OF TROPICAL DISEASE (3) Goodyear   Limit 17 Freshmen only 

Cross-listed with Public Health and Latin American Studies

Sec. 01

TTh 12:30-2

140.501

INDEPENDENT STUDY

   

140.601

HISTORY OF SCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND TECHNOLOGY: METHODS, APPROACHES, PERSPECTIVES Fissell/Hanson  An introductory course at the graduate level to the interpretation of historical evidence; to the social, intellectual, and political analysis of historical data; and to contemporary methods in the history of science, medicine, and technology.  Taught at the Welch Medical Library on the East Baltimore Campus

Sec. 01

T 2-4

140.641

DEPARTMENTAL COLLOQUIUM Kingsland/Comfort Reports by staff members, students, and invited speakers.

Sec. 01

Th 3-5

140.645

DISEASE CONTROL: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES Marks   Efforts to control diseases are shaped by ideas about disease, changing medical technologies, political, and social arrangements.  Course examines the history of disease control in comparative perspective.  Taught at the Welch Medical Library on the East Baltimore Campus

Sec. 01

WF 1-2:30

140.701

HISTORY OF MEDICINE: ANTIQUITY TO SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION  Bylebyl  Graduate students only Lecture meets with 140.105

Lec.

Sec. 01

MT 10

W 10-12
Wed – at East Baltimore

140.710

SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Kargon/ Kingsland   Lecture meets with 140.331

Sec. 01

W 10-12

360.661

THE PHILOSOPHY AND  NEUROSCIENCES OF EMOTIONS  Leys/Williams

Cross-listed with Interdepartmental, Political Science, History, Philosophy and the Humanities Center

Sec. 01

W 1-4

140.801

DIRECTED READING AND DISSERTATION Kargon

 

TBA

140.811

DIRECTED READING AND DISSERTATION Kingsland

 

TBA

140.831

DIRECTED READING AND DISSERTATION Leslie

 

TBA

140.835

DIRECTED READING AND DISSERTATION Principe

 

TBA

140.837

DIRECTED READING AND DISSERTATION Low

 

TBA

140.853

DIRECTED READING AND DISSERTATION Packard

 

TBA

140.861

DIRECTED READING AND DISSERTATION Bylebyl

 

TBA

140.871

DIRECTED READING AND DISSERTATION Marks

 

TBA

140.873

DIRECTED READING AND DISSERTATION Comfort

 

TBA

140.875

DIRECTED READING AND DISSERTATION Hanson

 

TBA

140.891

DIRECTED READING AND DISSERTATION Todes

 

TBA

140.893

DIRECTED READING AND DISSERTATION Fissell

 

TBA

140.895

DIRECTED READING AND DISSERTATION Mooney

 

TBA

 

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