ISF100G

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Introduction to Science, Society, and Ethics

Undergraduate Interdisciplinary StudiesUndergraduateCLS - College of Letters and Science

Subject

ISF

Course Number

100G

Course Level

Undergraduate

Course Title

Introduction to Science, Society, and Ethics

Course Description

This interdisciplinary course will explore whether it has proven possible and desirable to understand society through value-free and positivistic scientific methods as predominantly developed in the transatlantic worlds of the 19th centuries. We shall explore questions that may be applied to the realms of public health and human biology, or to the social sciences generally, including anthropology, sociology, economics, and political science.

Minimum

4

Maximum

4

Grading Basis

Default Letter Grade; P/NP Option

Method of Assessment

No Final Exam - A final exam is normally required in all undergraduate courses.

American Cultures Requirement

No

Breadth

Philosophy and Values

Reading and Composition Requirement

None of the Reading and Composition Requirement

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Formats

Discussion, Lecture

Term

Fall and Spring

Duration (in weeks)

15

Minimum Hours

2

Maximum Hours

2

Maximum Hours

1

Outside Work Hours Min

7

Maximum Hours

9

Term

Summer

Duration (in weeks)

8

Minimum Hours

5.5

Maximum Hours

7

Maximum Hours

2

Outside Work Hours Min

13.5

Maximum Hours

17

Term

Summer

Duration (in weeks)

6

Minimum Hours

7

Maximum Hours

9.5

Maximum Hours

2.5

Outside Work Hours Min

18

Maximum Hours

23