Curriculum for Undergraduate Study
History of Science
History majors wishing to concentrate in the history of science need not meet the departmental prerequisites or distribution requirements. But they must take 10 courses that satisfy the following pattern of requirements:
1. Two courses in science, engineering, or mathematics in addition to those used to fill the University’s science distribution requirement.
2. Four of the following courses:
290 The Scientific Worldview of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
291 The Scientific Revolution and European Order, 1500–1750
292 Science in the Modern World
293 Science in a Global Context: 15th to 20th Century
393 Science in American History from the Civil War to the Present
394 The Rise of Modern Biomedicine: Global Trends in Health and Healing, 1500–2000
396 History of Biology
397 Translation in the History of Science
398 Technologies and Their Societies: Historical Perspectives
399 In the Groove: Technology and Music in American History
401 Latin American Studies Seminar: Health and Society in Latin America during the 20th Century (see LAS 405)
490 Perspectives on the Nature and Development of Science
491 Problems in the Development of the Physical Sciences
492 Problems in the Development of the Life Sciences
493 Science and Religion: Historical Approaches
495 The Soviet Science System
496 Africa, Medical Pluralism, and the History of Health and Disease
With the permission of the departmental representative, one of these courses may be replaced by a cognate course from another department, for example, in philosophy or sociology of science.
3. Four other history courses.
4. The independent work and comprehensive examination requirements are the same as for all other departmental majors.
For further information, please refer to the Princeton University Undergraduate Announcement