The following graduate courses are representative of courses taught by the History of Science and Technology Department in the past three years. Apart from "core" courses attached to examination requirements, the seminars will vary from year to year, depending on faculty as well as student interests. 140.601. History of Science, Medicine, and Technology: Methods, Approaches, Perspectives. (Faculty rotate).
Taught in the fall semester each year. Introduces students to the interpretation of historical evidence; to the social, intellectual, and political analysis of historical data; and to contemporary methods in the history of science, medicine, and technology. Co-listed as 150.803, in School of Medicine. 140.611-612. Seminar in the History of the Physical Sciences. (Kargon, Principe)
Seminar may be offered in either semester. Content varies. Key developments in early modern and modern physical sciences. 140.613-614. Seminar in the History of Technology. (Leslie)
Seminar may be offered in either semester. Content varies. Key developments in history of technology. 140.615-616. Seminar in the Social Relations of Science. (Staff)
Offered in either semester, this seminar focuses on the social context of science. 140.617-618. Seminar in the History of Biological Sciences. (Kingsland)
Seminar may be offered in either semester. Content varies. Key developments in modern life sciences, 19th-20th centuries. Students expected to do research projects. 140.635. The Postwar Reconstruction of Science. (R. Kargon, S. Kingsland)
Examines transformation of science after World War II in comparative perspective. Students expected to do a research project. 140.626. Advanced Seminar in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology. (Staff)
Seminar primarily for senior graduate students and visiting students, for presentation of research, discussion of teaching methods, and discussion of recent literature in the field. AS 140.637. Science, Technology, and Culture in Industrial Society. (Robert Kargon and Robert Fox)
Course taught with Prof. Robert Fox, visiting professor in the department during spring 2007. Seminar examined comparativiely the development of an industrial culture in the late-18th and 19th centuries, wich emphasis on Europe. Topics included the role of science in the industrial revolution, ideas of the university, culture and industrial spirit, research and industrial performance, and representations of science and technology in museums and popular culture. AS 140.708 Rise of Modern Science. (S. Kingsland.)
Seminar on major scientific developments from 18th to 20th centuries. Students expected to attend lectures for the undergraduate course of the same name. Part of core requirements to prepare students for second half of the comprehensive examination given in May. 140.710. The Scientific Revolution. (L. Principe)
A survey of early modern science, concentrating on the 16th and 17th centuries. Topics include cosmology, astronomy, mechanics, natural history, and chemistry. Part of core requirements to prepare students for the first half of the comprehensive examination given in December. 140.713. Science and Exploration. (Kingsland)
Scientific theories and practices in the context of exploration, early modern period to the present. Seminar is organized around student-led presentations on specific explorations and scientific studies. | 
