Director:
Don
A. Howard, Ph.D.
Program Tel.
(574) 631-5015
Course
Descriptions. The
following courses are regular graduate
research
summer offerings. Lecture hours per week, laboratory and /or
tutorial
hours per
week, and semester credit hours are in parenthesis. The University
reserves the
right to withdraw any course without
sufficient registration.
CRNs
for independent study courses may be obtained from the program office,
from the
Summer Session office, or from
insideND.
Students interested in the graduate lecture courses
below will find additional information on the website for the History
and
Philosophy of
Science Summer School Program for Secondary Teachers 2008 at
nd.edu/~ndhpssum.
HPS 63605.
Art and Science
Cancelled
06/16/08
3 credits, Gaspar (3-0-3)
8
:00
a.m.-5
:00 p.m. MTWRF
6/17-7/31
CRN
3637; ID #
HPS 63605 01
Last “add” date:
6/22
“Drop” dates
:
refund, 6/26
; last,
7/10
It is commonplace that science plays a role in shaping
art. Less frequently examined is the role of art in shaping science and
our
attitudes
toward it. This course begins by considering the development
of
theories of light, color, and perspective, as topics significant to
both
disciplines.
We will investigate the implication of recent
interdisciplinary
approaches to research, including the collaborative work by artist
David
Hockney
and physicist Charles Falco. The second portion of this course
will
consider the various roles played by artists in the laboratory, with
particular
attention to examples in biology and medicine. We will explore the
contributions of artists in anatomical illustration, the borrowing of
laboratory-
based techniques in contemporary bio-art, and the production
of
fantasy bodies through post-humanism. Finally, we will survey the role
of art
in
shaping popular representations of science, including presentations
in
museums and on stage. Examples range from the cultivations of aesthetic
appreciation, to the staging of scientific controversy. Participants in
this
course will be encouraged to explore the potential of art both as a
means
to
challenge/broaden understanding of sciences and as a strategy for
helping
students to engage with topics in the sciences.
HPS 63631.
The Copernican Revolution
3 credits, Macklem (5-0-3)
8
:00
a.m.–5
:00 p.m. TWRF
6/17-7/31
CRN 3638;
ID # HPS 63631 01
Last “add” date
: 6/22
“Drop” dates
:
refund, 6/26; last, 7/10
This course is designed to help secondary school
science teachers to develop specific pedagogical tools in the history
and
nature of science that
they can utilize in their classrooms. Using the
events
and debates surrounding the transition from an earth-centered to a
sun-centered
model of the
known universe, we will examine such issues as the role of
observation and reason in science, the nature of theory, the nature of
scientific discourse
and rhetoric, the interactions between various
scientific
disciplines, and the role of so-called “external” pressures on
scientific
inquiry.
We will begin with the Ptolemaic, geocentric system of
the known universe and progress chronologically through the work of
Galileo. We
will
consider not only the relevant scientific work but also the
responses
generated from several sectors of society. Different historiographical
perspectives
will be utilized to help provide multiple views on the
various
natures of the controversies.
As this course is intended for high school teachers,
time will regularly be devoted to discussion of pedagogical issues and
the
utilization of the issues
raised in historical discussions within the
modern
high school science setting. Each student can expect to finish the
course with
a set of lesson plans
and other instructional tools that they can
employ in their
own classrooms.
HPS 63653.
Space Science in the Twentieth Century CANCELLED
3 credits, Muir-Harmony (3-0-3)
8
:00
a.m.–5
:00 p.m. MTWRF
6/23–6/27
CRN
3639; ID #
HPS 63653 01
Last “add” date:
6/22
“Drop” dates
:
refund,
6-26; last, 7/10
This course examines selected important topics in the
history of 20th-century space science, including the development of
rocketry
and propulsion;
the militarization of space; humans in space; and
space-based
technologies for communication, mapping, and resource studies. Each
topic will
be approached both from the point of view of the relevant science and
from the
point of view of social, economic, and political context. There will be
a heavy
emphasis on the development of units and lesson places for integration
into
classroom science instruction. Note that the course will be taught
the
Adler
Planetarium in
Chicago.
HPS 78599.
Thesis Direction
Variable credits, Howard (V-V-V)
CRN
1381
ID # HPS 78599
HPS 78600.
Nonresident Thesis Research
1 credit, Howard (0-0-1)
CRN
1380
ID # HPS 78600
HPS 96697. Directed Readings
Variable credits; Staff (V-V-V)
CRN varies with instructor
HPS 98699.
Research and Dissertation
Variable credits, Howard (V-V-V)
CRN
1759
ID # HPS 98699
HPS 98700.
Nonresident Dissertation Research
1 credit, Howard (0-0-1)
CRN
1758
ID # HPS 98700