Offers students the opportunity to explore a topic in the history of science in depth under the supervision of a staff member. One to three credits. Offered fall and winter semesters. HSC 400 History of Chemistry. Examines the development of chemistry as a modern quantitative science.
Emphasis is on nineteenth-century development.
Offered on sufficient demand. HSC 435 History of Mathematics. Deals with preclassical, Arabic, Renaissance, and modern mathematicians considered through their principal works and in relationship to the intellectual climates in which they lived. Math 201 or permission of instructor. Offered on sufficient demand.