Requirements for the major
The requirement for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology are listed by the Office of Acadmic Advising. For advice about course requirements contact Prof. Stuart W. Leslie. What makes Hopkins the right choice for the history of science, medicine and technology?
Do you wonder how the ancient Greeks treated injuries and diseases? Are you curious about the ideas and impact of scientists such as Galileo, Newton, or Darwin? Do you wonder how Silicon Valley came to be? Then you should think about majoring in the history of science, medicine, and technology. This major allows students to study science and medicine from a broad historical and social perspective. Courses combine an appreciation of developments in science, technology, and medicine with an awareness of their cultural impact. The program prepares students for the growing number of careers—teaching, journalism, medicine, law, public policy, business—in which an understanding of the impact of science is important. Students take courses in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, plus history of science, history of medicine, and history of technology. Take advantage of our strengths
While students in this program study a wide range of topics and eras, the faculty in our department is especially strong in the history of science and medicine in early modern Europe, 19th and 20th century American science and technology, Russian and Soviet science, and Chinese and Japanese history of science and medicine. Scholarly resources
In addition to the main library located on campus, history of science, medicine, and technology majors also have access to one of the best collections of historical medical and scientific documents and materials in the country—the Welch Library on the campus of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in downtown Baltimore, just minutes from our main campus. The collection contains more than 40,000 volumes, including the annals of more than 300 journals. There is also a 10,000-volume rare book collection that contains some of the earliest printed editions of the works of classical and medieval medical writers. Libraries at the Peabody Institute and Evergreen House have excellent collections of books on natural history and exploration. Combine natural science and history
If you wish to combine work in natural science with the study of the social and historical context of modern science, medicine and technology, this major is for you. It's a great start if you plan a career in medicine or other areas of the health care industry. It can also launch you into a career in business, journalism, museum work, teaching, law or public policy. The department offers a minor that can be combined easily with other majors. What you'll study
History of science, medicine, and technology majors can choose from many different courses including: - History of Science: Antiquity to the Middle Ages; the Scientific Revolution; the Rise of Modern Science
- Science and Religion: Collaboration, Conflict, or Compromise?
- History of Medicine: Antiquity through the Scientific Revolution
- Changes in the Land: Science, Technology, and the American Environment
- Seven Wonders of the Modern World
- Women and Medicine
- History of the American Automobile
- Debating Evolution
- The Scientific Revolution
- History of Medicine: 18th-20th Centuries
- Silicon Valley
- History of Epidemiology
- The Natural and the Artificial: The Concept of the Man-Made Man
- History of Chemistry
- History of Chinese Medicine
- Japan and the Environment
The Department offers freshman seminars, upper level courses, and graduate seminars that are open to undergraduates who have some research experience. Learning in the real world
Internships are a great way to find out what you like to do. Join many of your fellow Hopkins students who take advantage of this opportunity. Recent internships include: - Smithsonian Institution museums
- Research at Hopkins Medical School
- Public Health research
- Community Health in Baltimore
- Archives of Johns Hopkins Medical School
Where do you go from here?
Hopkins graduates put their degrees to work in lots of different places after graduation: - Graduate school
- Medical school
- Public health
- Law school
- Journalism, writing careers
- Teaching careers
- Museums
- Business
- Government service
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