American Social and Intellectual History 3 cr. A study of major intellectual forces that shaped American history from colonial days to the present. Emphasis will be on Puritanism, transcendentalism, nationalism, Darwinism, liberalism, reformism, and conservatism. Three hours of lecture. Covers the growth of science from ancient Greece to the 20th Century and its impact on the development of western civilization.
Emphasis is placed on the biological and chemical sciences.
Three hours of lecture. Also listed as BIOS 720. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of six semester hours. Special topics are selected from areas such as American, European and Latin American history. Three hours of seminar.