THE MAKING OF MODERN SCIENCE
Major trends and developments in the sciences from the 17th century to the early 20th century. Emphasis on those with broad cultural and social implications.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and explain critical developments in how the natural world has been analyzed and understood in early modern and modern periods and cultures. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify and explain how science and its history have served a wide range of purposes in early modern and modern periods. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recognize and evaluate how early modern and modern science has been deeply shaped by its historical, social, cultural, intellectual, and material contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Interpret and evaluate historical sources to construct persuasive arguments concerning science and its history in the early modern and modern periods. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and explain critical developments in how the natural world has been analyzed and understood in early modern and modern periods and cultures. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify and explain how science and its history have served a wide range of purposes in early modern and modern periods. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recognize and evaluate how early modern and modern science has been deeply shaped by its historical, social, cultural, intellectual, and material contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Interpret and evaluate historical sources to construct persuasive arguments concerning science and its history in the early modern and modern periods. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027