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Inquiry and Invention Option
This option explores the institutions and ideas that generate – and depend on – scientific discovery and technological innovation. The focus is on ways in which science and technology influence our lives, individually and as a society, in the 21st century.
Thirteen (13) courses are required as grouped and noted below.
REQUIRED:
HST 325 | History of Science and Technology I |
Twelve (12) courses from the following:
ACS 800* | Senior Group Project |
ACS 900* | Senior Seminar |
ACS 910 | Fellowship Practicum |
ACS 950† | Directed Research Course |
BLG 181 | Biology of a Living City |
CHY 182 | Chemistry Applications to Living Systems |
ECN 511 | Economy and Environment |
ENG 503 | Science Fiction |
ENG 507 | Science and the Literary Imagination |
ENG 921 | Narrative in a Digital Age |
GEO 110 | The Physical Environment |
HIS 826 | Science and World Exploration |
HIS 828 | Science, Corporations and the Environment |
HST 425 | History of Science and Technology II |
HST 701 | Scientific Technology and Modern Society |
HST 777 | Medicine from Antiquity to 1500 CE |
HST 786 | Science and Technology in Islamic History |
HST 787 | Astronomy vs Astrology |
HST 788 | Water Use in History |
PCS 181 | Introduction to Astronomy |
PHL 500 | Philosophy of the Natural Environment |
PHL 509 | Bioethics |
PHL 552 | Philosophy of Science |
PHL 709 | Religion, Science and Philosophy |
PHL 921 | Intellectual Property and Technology |
SOC 611 | Future Worlds: Technology and Social Change |
SOC 708 | Environmental Sociology |
* All students must complete a minimum of one of: ACS 800 or ACS 900.
† Students must successfully complete one of ACS 800 or ACS 900 before enrolling inACS 950