The Rise of Modern Science. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisites: ENGL 102 with a grade of C or higher, and a course fulfilling the History and Humanities GER 200 level course with a grade of C or higher. Examines the development of modern science in the western world from the origins of the Scientific Revolution to 1900. Explores how science challenged the revealed universe of Christianity, changed the curriculum in schools and universities, and altered the world view of philosophers. This course covers the achievements of Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Darwin, Einstein, and other leading scientific innovators, but it also weaves the expansion of scientific knowledge into the larger fabric of European intellectual history. This course may be used to satisfy a three credit 300 level GER in History and Humanities.