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College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Center for Comparative and Integrative Programs

105 Bowman Hall
Tel: 330-672-2062
Web: www.kent.edu/ccip

Science is arguably the supreme intellectual enterprise of our species. It pervades nearly every aspect of modern society. Scientific research is heavily funded by governments and private institutions; courses in science are requirements at every level of education; scientific accomplishments are honored with awards and prizes; museums display scientific achievements and inventions. Moreover, the sheer depth and breadth of scientific progress through human history is monumental. All of this raises questions about what science is, how it works, and how it manages to be as successful as it is. These questions define the discipline known as the history and philosophy of science, which aims to study science, to understand its goals and methods, its principles and practices, and its failures and triumphs. This minor will prepare students from a variety of related disciplines to think about science as a social, historical, and philosophical enterprise. It will also prepare students for graduate work in history of science, philosophy of science, and science and technology studies as well as for careers in areas of public and educational policy related to science.

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity-Domestic; DG Diversity-Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE MINOR REQUIREMENTS (18-19 credits)
Attribute	Course		Title	Credits	Min Grade
	HIST/PHIL	31500/31080	Foundations in the History and Philosophy of Science	3
	HIST	31543	The Scientific Revolution	3
	PHIL	41035	Philosophy of Science	3
	Science Electives, Choose from the following ¹:			3-4
	Biology
KBS KBS	BSCI BSCI	10001 10002	Human Biology (3) or Life on Planet Earth (3)
	Chemistry
KBS KBS	CHEM CHEM	10030 10055	Chemistry in Our World (3) or Molecules of Life (3)
	Computer Science
KMC	CS CS	10001 10051	Computer Literacy (3) or Introduction to Computer Science (4)
	Digital Sciences
	DSCI DSCI	10010 10410	Society, Culture and the Digital Sciences (3) or Information Ethics and Social Responsibility (3)
	Geology
KBS KBS	GEOL GEOL	11040 11042	How the Earth Works (3) or Earth and Life Through Time (3)
	Mathematics
	Choose from the following:
KMC	MATH	10041	Introductory Statistics (4)
KMC	MATH	11008	Explorations in Modern Mathematics (3)
KMC	MATH	11009	Modeling Algebra (4)
	MATH	12021	Calculus for Life Sciences (4)
	Physics
KBS KBS	PHY PHY	11030 21430	Seven Ideas that Shook the Universe (3) or Frontiers in Astronomy (3)
	Psychology
DD/KSS	PSYC	11762	General Psychology (3)
	History and Philosophy Electives, Choose from the following:			6
	HIST	31550	Medicine in the Modern World Since 1500 (3)
DD	HIST	41071	American Social and Intellectual History, 1876-Present (3)
KMC	PHIL	21002	Introduction to Formal Logic (3)
	PHIL	30025	Environmental Ethics (3)
WIC	PHIL	31003	Continental Rationalism (3)
WIC	PHIL	31004	British Empiricism (3)
	PHIL	41036	Philosophy of Cognitive Science (3)
	PHIL	41037	Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy and Science (3)
	PHIL	41040	Epistemology (3)
	MINIMUM TOTAL			18-19

Students majoring in any of the science categories listed do not need to take a course from Science Electives, and should select an additional course from History and Philosophy Electives.

Graduation Requirements:

Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA
Students must complete at least two upper-division courses in the minor at Kent State on a graded basis (A-F).