Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine

Certificate in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine

Students on Summer 2018, Fall 2018, or Spring 2019 requirements CSMACRT

Requirements

The certificate requires at least 25 credit hours (at least 12 credit hours must be at the 300–499 level), including the requirements listed below.

Introductory Course. One (1) course:
- HPSC-X 102 Revolutions in Science: Plato to NATO
- COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- COLL-C 105 Critical Approaches to the Natural and Mathematical Sciences (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- COLL-S 103 Freshman Seminar in Arts and Humanities (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- COLL-S 104 Freshman Seminar in Social and Historical Studies (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- COLL-S 105 Freshman Seminar in Natural and Mathematical Sciences (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
HPSC-X 102 Revolutions in Science: Plato to NATO
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An introduction to the formative steps in the scientific tradition. The course will survey in a chronological sequence aspects of the Aristotelian worldview, the Copernican revolution, the mechanical philosophy, the chemical and Darwinian revolutions, and the rise of twentieth-century science.
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COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 103 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the arts and humanities Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of COLL-C 103 or COLL-S 103.
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COLL-C 104 Critical Approaches to the Social and Historical Studies
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 104 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the social and historical studies Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of COLL-C 104 or COLL-S 104.
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COLL-C 105 Critical Approaches to the Natural and Mathematical Sciences
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Specific topics will vary by section and over time, but all versions of COLL-C 105 will meet the objectives of the College of Arts and Sciences Critical Approaches curriculum. The curriculum is intended for freshmen and sophomores, who will learn how scholars from the natural and mathematical sciences Breadth of Inquiry area frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches. Writing and related skills are stressed.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of COLL-C 105 or COLL-S 105.
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COLL-S 103 Freshman Seminar in Arts and Humanities
Credits
3
Prerequisites
Freshman standing
Description
Introduction to college-level projects chosen from arts and humanities fields. Students will learn how scholars frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches in a small-class experience with a faculty member. Writing and related skills are stressed. Topics will vary.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of COLL-C 103 or COLL-S 103.
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COLL-S 104 Freshman Seminar in Social and Historical Studies
Credits
3
Prerequisites
Freshman standing
Description
Introduction to college-level projects chosen from social and historical studies fields. Students will learn how scholars frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches in a small-class experience with a faculty member. Writing and related skills are stressed. Topics will vary.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of COLL-C 104 or COLL-S 104.
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COLL-S 105 Freshman Seminar in Natural and Mathematical Sciences
Credits
3
Prerequisites
Freshman standing
Description
Introduction to college-level projects chosen from natural and mathematical science fields. Students will learn how scholars frame questions, propose answers, and assess the validity of competing approaches in a small-class experience with a faculty member. Writing and related skills are stressed. Topics will vary.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of COLL-C 105 or COLL-S 105.
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Track. One (1) of the following tracks:
1. Life Sciences. Choose from the following in consultation with the Director of Undergraduate Studies:
  1. Advanced Elective. One (1) course:
    - HPSC-X 305 History and Philosophy of Medicine
    - HPSC-X 308 History of Biology
    - HPSC-X 320 Topics in Science: Humanistic (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    - HPSC-X 323 Topics in Science: Social and Historical (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    - HPSC-X 326 Topics in Science: Natural and Mathematical (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    - HPSC-X 424 Neuropsychological Pathography
    HPSC-X 305 History and Philosophy of Medicine
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    The history of public health and medicine from ancient to modern times. Addresses a selection of historical, philosophical and ethical problems including medical understandings of the body; ideas about the nature and causes of disease, from "airs" and "humors" to germs to genetic predispositions; assessment of risks and liabilities.
    
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    HPSC-X 308 History of Biology
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Notes
    R: Knowledge of modern biology or European or American history
    Description
    Advanced undergraduate survey of key figures and pivotal moments in the history of biology that have re-defined its scientific character by either opening new lines of inquiry and explanation, developing new kinds of instruments, practices, and institutions, or changing the social role of the biological scientist.
    Repeatability
    Credit given for only one of HPSC-X 308 or HPSC-X 408.
    
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    HPSC-X 320 Topics in Science: Humanistic
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Notes
    Departmental flyers, available at registration time, will discuss each section in detail
    Description
    Specialized topics and themes in the history and philosophy of science.
    Repeatability
    May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
    
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    HPSC-X 323 Topics in Science: Social and Historical
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Specialized topics and themes relating to the intellectual, cultural, and social impact of science in historical perspective. Engages primary source material and the debates about how such material ought to be understood.
    Repeatability
    May be repeated with a different topic for a total of 6 credit hours.
    
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    HPSC-X 326 Topics in Science: Natural and Mathematical
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Specialized topics and themes relating to the logic and methods of the natural and mathematical sciences, with a view toward understanding those methods and the role they play in scientific theorizing. Students will engage with actual philosophical debates about the proper understanding of an application of such methods in science.
    Repeatability
    May be repeated with a different topic for a total of 6 credit hours.
    
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    HPSC-X 424 Neuropsychological Pathography
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    How do people conceptualize and write about their mental trauma and psychological distress? Personal narratives of depression, aphasia, head injury, and other forms of neurological damage and emotional affliction are examined from a variety of perspectives and considered for their contribution to clinical science, rehabilitative services, and popular understanding of limits to human experience.
    
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  2. HPSC Electives. Two (2) courses:
    - Additional course from the Life Sciences Track Advanced Elective list
    - HPSC-X 205 Introduction to Medical History
    - HPSC-X 223 Issues in Science: Social and Historical (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    - HPSC-X 226 Issues in Science: Natural and Mathematical (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    - HON-H 226 Interdepartmental Colloquia (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    HPSC-X 205 Introduction to Medical History
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    From primitive humans to the present: survey of medical concepts, systems of health care, and the social relations of physician and patient.
    
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    HPSC-X 223 Issues in Science: Social and Historical
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Examination of an issue concerning the intellectual, cultural, and social impact of science in historical perspective. Designed to investigate the evidence and arguments related to different interpretations of or approaches to the central theme or issue of the course.
    Repeatability
    May be repeated with a different topic for a total of 6 credit hours.
    
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    HPSC-X 226 Issues in Science: Natural and Mathematical
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Individual sections will vary in the central issue to be discussed, but all will engage in an examination of some issue concerning the logic and methods of the natural and mathematical sciences, with a view toward understanding those methods and the role they play in scientific theorizing generally. Designed to investigate the evidence and arguments related to different positions on the role or value of such methods in science.
    Repeatability
    May be repeated with a different topic for a total of 6 credit hours.
    
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    HON-H 226 Interdepartmental Colloquia
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    Consent of Hutton Honors College
    Description
    Honors seminar focusing on topics in the arts and humanities.
    Repeatability
    May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
    
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  3. Non-HPSC Electives.
    - Four (4) courses for at least 12 credit hours outside of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine, approved by the HPSC Director of Undergraduate Studies
    - At least one (1) of the courses must be at the 300-499 level
2. Physics, Computation, and Cognition. Choose from the following in consultation with the Director of Undergraduate Studies:
  1. Advanced Elective. One (1) course:
    - HPSC-X 306 Understanding Pictures: Aesthetics and Science
    - HPSC-X 326 Topics in Science: Natural and Mathematical
    - HPSC-X 327 The Computer: A Biography
    HPSC-X 306 Understanding Pictures: Aesthetics and Science
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Examines cultural, historical and philosophical issues involving the use of still and moving images in science. Are pictures necessary? For what? How do pictures represent? How do they get designed, used and understood? What can pictures represent or communicate? Can they equally represent facts and values? How do they work as evidence, or as tools for thinking? What is the role of film in science and science in film?
    
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    HPSC-X 326 Topics in Science: Natural and Mathematical
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Specialized topics and themes relating to the logic and methods of the natural and mathematical sciences, with a view toward understanding those methods and the role they play in scientific theorizing. Students will engage with actual philosophical debates about the proper understanding of an application of such methods in science.
    Repeatability
    May be repeated with a different topic for a total of 6 credit hours.
    
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    HPSC-X 327 The Computer: A Biography
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    The history and philosophy behind the development of the digital computer. Focuses on major landmarks in the history of computing machines to illustrate the interrelatedness of computer science, mathematics, and physics to modern society. Discussion of philosophical questions ("Do human beings compute?") and ethical concerns such as the Internet's impact on privacy.
    
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  2. HPSC Electives. Two (2) courses:
    - Additional course from the Physics, Computation, and Cognition Advanced Elective list
    - HPSC-X 206 (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    - HPSC-X 227 Computers Limited: What Computers Cannot Do
    - HPSC-X 229 History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
    - COGS-Q 240 Philosophical Foundations of the Cognitive and Information Sciences
    HPSC-X 227 Computers Limited: What Computers Cannot Do
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Acquaints learners with the logical limits of computation and with their migration into physics from the framework of the foundations of mathematics within which they were originally conceived.
    
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    HPSC-X 229 History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Introduction to foundational concepts in statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, special relativity and general relativity. Discussion of philosophical issues concerning the nature of the material world and the process of scientific inquiry. Emphasis on developing writing skills and the ability to present complex ideas clearly and critically.
    
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    COGS-Q 240 Philosophical Foundations of the Cognitive and Information Sciences
    Credits
    4
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Foundational introduction to the cognitive and information sciences. The primary themes are: (1) causal issues such as functional and computational architecture (e.g., modularity, effectiveness, and implementation, analog/digital), neuroscience, and embodied dynamics; and (2) semantic issues such as meaning, representation, content, and information flow. The role of both themes in logic, perception, computation, cognition, and consciousness. Throughout, an emphasis on writing, analysis, and exposition.
    
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  3. Non-HPSC Electives.
    - Four (4) courses for at least 12 credit hours outside of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine, approved by the HPSC Director of Undergraduate Studies
    - At least one (1) of the courses must be at the 300-499 level
3. Science, Society, and Culture. Choose from the following in consultation with the Director of Undergraduate Studies:
  1. Advanced Elective. One (1) course:
    - HPSC-X 306 Understanding Pictures: Aesthetics and Science
    - HPSC-X 320 Topics in Science: Humanistic (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    - HPSC-X 326 Topics in Science: Natural and Mathematical (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    - HPSC-X 420 Advanced Seminar in the History and Philosophy of Science (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    HPSC-X 306 Understanding Pictures: Aesthetics and Science
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Examines cultural, historical and philosophical issues involving the use of still and moving images in science. Are pictures necessary? For what? How do pictures represent? How do they get designed, used and understood? What can pictures represent or communicate? Can they equally represent facts and values? How do they work as evidence, or as tools for thinking? What is the role of film in science and science in film?
    
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    HPSC-X 320 Topics in Science: Humanistic
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Notes
    Departmental flyers, available at registration time, will discuss each section in detail
    Description
    Specialized topics and themes in the history and philosophy of science.
    Repeatability
    May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
    
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    HPSC-X 326 Topics in Science: Natural and Mathematical
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Specialized topics and themes relating to the logic and methods of the natural and mathematical sciences, with a view toward understanding those methods and the role they play in scientific theorizing. Students will engage with actual philosophical debates about the proper understanding of an application of such methods in science.
    Repeatability
    May be repeated with a different topic for a total of 6 credit hours.
    
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    HPSC-X 420 Advanced Seminar in the History and Philosophy of Science
    
    Credits
    3–4 credit hours
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    This seminar offers specialized topics and themes in history and philosophy of science. Weekly meetings and reports on weekly reading assignments. Consult departmental flyers available at registration time for seminar topic and structure.
    Repeatability
    May be repeated once with a different topic for a maximum of 8 credit hours.
  2. HPSC Electives. Two (2) courses:
    - Additional course from the Science, Society, and Culture Advanced Elective list
    - HPSC-X 206
    - HPSC-X 207 The Occult in Western Civilization
    - HPSC-X 223 Issues in Science: Social and Historical (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    - HPSC-X 226 Issues in Science: Natural and Mathematical (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    HPSC-X 207 The Occult in Western Civilization
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Critical and historical evaluation of a wide range of occult topics: superstitions, magic, witchcraft, astrology, the Cabala, psychic phenomena (mesmerism, spiritualism, ESP), and UFOs.
    
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    HPSC-X 223 Issues in Science: Social and Historical
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Examination of an issue concerning the intellectual, cultural, and social impact of science in historical perspective. Designed to investigate the evidence and arguments related to different interpretations of or approaches to the central theme or issue of the course.
    Repeatability
    May be repeated with a different topic for a total of 6 credit hours.
    
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    HPSC-X 226 Issues in Science: Natural and Mathematical
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Individual sections will vary in the central issue to be discussed, but all will engage in an examination of some issue concerning the logic and methods of the natural and mathematical sciences, with a view toward understanding those methods and the role they play in scientific theorizing generally. Designed to investigate the evidence and arguments related to different positions on the role or value of such methods in science.
    Repeatability
    May be repeated with a different topic for a total of 6 credit hours.
    
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  3. Non-HPSC Electives.
    - Four (4) courses for at least 12 credit hours outside of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine, approved by the HPSC Director of Undergraduate Studies
    - At least one (1) of the courses must be at the 300-499 level
4. Nature of Science. Choose from the following in consultation with the Director of Undergraduate Studies:
  1. Advanced Elective. One (1) course:
    - HPSC-X 323 Topics in Science: Social and Historical (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    - HPSC-X 326 Topics in Science: Natural and Mathematical (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    - HPSC-X 406 Survey of History of Science up to 1750
    - HPSC-X 407 Survey of History of Science since 1750
    - HPSC-X 451 Scientific Understanding
    - HPSC-X 452 Modern Philosophy of Science
    HPSC-X 323 Topics in Science: Social and Historical
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Specialized topics and themes relating to the intellectual, cultural, and social impact of science in historical perspective. Engages primary source material and the debates about how such material ought to be understood.
    Repeatability
    May be repeated with a different topic for a total of 6 credit hours.
    
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    HPSC-X 326 Topics in Science: Natural and Mathematical
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Specialized topics and themes relating to the logic and methods of the natural and mathematical sciences, with a view toward understanding those methods and the role they play in scientific theorizing. Students will engage with actual philosophical debates about the proper understanding of an application of such methods in science.
    Repeatability
    May be repeated with a different topic for a total of 6 credit hours.
    
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    HPSC-X 406 Survey of History of Science up to 1750
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment.
    
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    HPSC-X 407 Survey of History of Science since 1750
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    Junior standing or consent of instructor.
    Notes
    R: at least one course sequence in Western history (such as HIST-H 103 and HIST-H 104)
    Description
    Growth of quantitative methods in physical science and experimental methods in physical science and experimental methods in natural history. Gradual separation of science from philosophy and theology.
    
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    HPSC-X 451 Scientific Understanding
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    Junior standing or consent of instructor
    Notes
    R: one course in philosophy or philosophy of science
    Description
    Science claims to tell us what the world is like, even the part of the world we cannot see, and to explain why things happen the way they do. But these claims are controversial. This course examines competing models of scientific explanation and the ongoing debate over whether scientific theories should or even can be interpreted realistically.
    
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    HPSC-X 452 Modern Philosophy of Science
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    Junior standing or consent of instructor
    Notes
    R: one course in philosophy or philosophy of science
    Description
    Examines the origin and character of twentieth-century philosophy of science by investigating the historical development--in interaction with parallel developments within the sciences themselves--from 1800 to the early twentieth century. Hermann von Helmholtz, Ernst Mach, Henri Poincare, Moritz Schlick, and Rudolf Carnap.
    
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  2. HPSC Electives. Two (2) courses:
    - Additional course from the Nature of Science Track Advanced Elective list
    - HPSC-X 110 Scientists at Work: from Frankenstein to Einstein
    HPSC-X 110 Scientists at Work: from Frankenstein to Einstein
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisites
    None
    Description
    Introduction to the study of science as a cultural phenomenon. Exploration of the individual and collective behavior of scientists in historical and contemporary contexts using materials from history, biography, sociology, journalism, fiction, drama, poetry, and film.
    
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  3. Non-HPSC Electives.
    - Four (4) courses for at least 12 credit hours outside of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine, approved by the HPSC Director of Undergraduate Studies
    - At least one (1) of the courses must be at the 300-499 level
Capstone. One (1) course:
- HPSC-X 333 Capstone Project in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine
HPSC-X 333 Capstone Project in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine

Credits
1
Prerequisites
Completion of at least 18 credit hours of coursework that applies to the certificate
Description
Students must attend at least one talk in the Department's colloquium series and then perform a research project or produce a research paper relevant to the topic of one of the presenters.
Certificate GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
1. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
2. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed at the 300–499 level.
3. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the certificate.
4. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the certificate—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
5. Exceptions to certificate requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.