(GS 107) Science and Technology in the Making of the Modern World

4 Credits

This course covers world history from 1400, focusing on the rise of science, with important and wide-ranging implications for the modem world and the society we live in today. Global travel, exploration, trade, and technological innovations played essential roles in the exchange of knowledge and the development and rise of modem science. Science and technology have also contributed to the growing disparities in the modem world. Attribute/Distribution: SS, SW, W