Science, Culture, and Society in Western Civilization III: From Natural History to Biomedicine
Course Code
HIPS 18507 97
Course Description
This is a three-week intensive course in the history of the life sciences, taught on-site at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. In this course, you will learn about crucial turning points in natural history, biology, and medicine between the 1800s and the present. You will also visit key locations in those transformations, conduct historical research in archives and using historical instruments, and gain experience in both modern and historical techniques in biology, ecology, and the life sciences. Topics and activities include: - A visit to Penikese Island, location of the first natural history school in the United States; - A visit to the New Bedford Whaling Museum to learn about the history of whales, whaling, and natural science; - Hands-on research in salt marsh ecology; and - An examination of the conjoined histories of squids and neuroscience. This course will satisfy one credit in the Science, Culture, and Society Civilization Sequence.
This course is only open to University of Chicago students.
Course Criteria
Course meets for three weeks at Marine Biological Laboratories, in Woods Hole Massachusetts.
Lecture times to be coordinated on site.
For more information see http://college.uchicago.edu/academics/mbl-september-courses
This course is not open for visiting students.
Instructor(s)
Michael Rossi
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