Topics in Natural Science

CodeSCI350
TitleTopics in Natural Science
Credits3
Description

These courses address the profound effects of scientific inquiry and technological change on contemporary societies. They apply the scientific mode of inquiry and its philosophical and historical development to several different interdisciplinary topics in the natural sciences concerning national or global interests where scientific discoveries raise societal, economic, political, and/or ethical questions.

Pre Registration Hours3
PrerequisitesNatural Science 150 and junior standing
Corequisitesn/a
NotesSUMMER 2012: Weapons of Mass Destruction An exploration of the technical development, use, political and cultural influences, as well as environmental consequences of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). WMD can and have chang