THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION: FROM COPERNICUS TO NEWTON

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing or (graduate/professional standing and concurrent enrollment in HIST SCI 623 ) Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain critical developments in how the natural world was understood in early modern Europe. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe how early modern European science was shaped by its cultural contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze and interpret early modern European scientific books as historical objects. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Use historical texts and objects to construct evidence-based arguments concerning science and its history. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain critical developments in how the natural world was understood in early modern Europe. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe how early modern European science was shaped by its cultural contexts. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze and interpret early modern European scientific books as historical objects. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Use historical texts and objects to construct evidence-based arguments concerning science and its history. Audience: Undergraduate