Selected Topics in the History of Science and Technology

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: Second-year standing; HIST 1651; or permission of the Department This course explores specific topics in the history of science and technology such as the social production of ignorance, the history of artificial intelligence, and how the history of technology offers lessons for thinking about climate technologies today. The course emphasizes primary source interpretation, creative and synthetic thinking across historical topics, and critical thinking about the past to better understand the present. [Note 1: Students may register for HIST 3931 more than once, provided the subject matter differs.] (Format: Lecture/Seminar 3 Hours) (Exclusion: HIST 3991 History of Science and Technology; HIST 3991 Climate Change and the History of Technology; HIST 4991 The History of Ignorance)