Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Requirement Designation:
Humanities Exploration
Course Attribute:
Sustainability
Description
Examines the impact of both science on society and of society on science. It will discuss the way in which science is a social enterprise and is affected by social demands. Case studies for studying the intersection of science and society will be drawn from such areas as the history of physics, the development of genetics, the measurement of human intelligence.