History and Philosophy of Science

 Description
This concentration is designed to give students an understanding of both traditional philosophic issues surrounding science and the historical development of concrete scientific theories and ideas. The philosophic questions about how we understand nature through science and how scientific claims gain authority are enriched when they are considered in an historical context. Such philosophic and historical study will also often include the examination of contemporary sciences and their place within the larger society, including the study of bioethics, policy and law. This concentration is a valuable addition for students with concentrations in the sciences or the humanities. It crosses disciplines to help students engage in unfamiliar and familiar paths of inquiry in new and interesting ways.

Requirements

• Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours including 12 of upper division hours for this concentration.
• At least 9 hours must bear the HPS prefix.
• All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.
• All courses counting toward the concentration must be approved by an undergraduate advisor in the School of Life
• Sciences.  
• * Students must have a minimum of 56 hours completed in order to register for these courses.

 Part 1 – 3 Hours (choose one)

HPS 314 Philosophy of Science (3)

PHI 314 Philosophy of Science, HU (3)

Part 2 – 9 Hours
Select in consultation with an advisor.
HPS (any 100, 200, 300 or 400‐level courses)  
At least 12 hours must be upper‐division between part 1, part 2 and part 3

Part 3 – 6 Hours
Select in consultation with an advisor.

HPS (any HPS course)      

PHI 103 History of Ancient Philosophy, L or HU (3

PHI 328 OR 301 History of Ancient Philosophy, HU & H (3)

PHI 329 OR 302 History of Modern Philosophy, HU & H (3)

PHI 330 OR 312 Theory of Knowledge, HU (3)

PHI 331 OR 315 Philosophy of Language, HU (3)

PHI 332 OR 316 Metaphysics, HU (3)

PHI 334 OR 317 Philosophy of Mind, HU (3)

PHI 319 Philosophy of Computing, CS (3)

PHI 325 Philosophy of Social Science, HU or SB (3)

PHI 333 Introduction to Symbolic Logic (3)

PHI 401 Rationalism (3)*

PHI 402 Empiricism (3)*

PHI 403 Contemporary Analytic Philosophy (3)*

PHI 413 Advanced Symbolic Logic (3)*

PHI 420 Topics in Philosophy (3)*