STS DE Requirement! History of Science Colloquium (HIS 290/ STS 290)

August 26th, 2024  |  Published in Latest news

This course is a STS DE student requirement. Graduate students must take at least one semester of the CSTMS Thursday colloquium (HIST/STS 290) as the third required class.

Colloquium Dates in Fall 2024:
October 3rd
October 10th
October 24th
November 14th

TH 4:00 pm – 5:29 pm
Location: Stephens 470 
Instructor: Sandra Eder, Director of CSTMS

Class #:19299
Units:1

Course Catalog Description

Colloquium on topics of current research. For precise schedule of offerings, see department catalog during pre-enrollment week each semester.

Class Description

This is a 1-credit S/U graduate course in history of science, accompanying the history of science colloquium and the activities of the working groups. It meets on Thursday, 4:00-5:30 pm (see the full calendar on the CSTMS website). Meetings consist of: invited lecture on special topics, followed by an extended session of questions and answers; informal discussions over the work of affiliated scholars; and roundtable sessions on broader methodological issues in the history of science and technology. The course brings you up to the research front in these topics, interacting with historians on subjects that currently engage their scholarship. Attendance is compulsory.

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