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2004/05 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

HPSC3130 Science, Technology and Society

10 creditsClass Size: 999

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2004/05

Pre-requisites

At least 20 credits in level 2 in HPS or equivalent subject to the approval of the Chair of HPS Division as pre-requisite or co-requisite.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students will be able to: i) articulate a detailed historical understanding of specific episodes in modern science and technology; ii) demonstrate advanced skills in the socio-historical analysis of science and technology; iii) to present an analytical critique of current historiographical interpretations of the subject.

Syllabus

Detailed study of key developments in the institutional and industrial aspects of science in modern Europe: the emergence of scientific societies in the seventeenth century e.g. Royal Society, Academie des Sciences; instruments and technologies in the 'new' experimental natural philosophy, e.g. the air-pump; science at British and continental universities during the Enlightenment, science in the Industrial revolution; the formation of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; British imperialism and the development of telegraphy; the Great Exhibition of 1851 and its economic and educational aftermath.

Teaching methods

Seminars 11 x 2 hours

Methods of assessment

2 hour examination (100%).

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 29/08/2001

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