The following list aims to include all the courses offered at UT Austin in History or Philosophy of Science, Technology, or Medicine in the last ten years. Some of the courses listed are not presently taught, although they might be taught again in the future. Most of the following courses count toward the Undergraduate Certificate Program in HPS.
Note: In the list below, the courses marked with an asterisk (*) have been approved to count toward the HPS Certificate. Courses without an asterisk have NOT been approved for the HPS Certificate. Periodically, the HPS Director identifies courses that might well count toward the Certificate, and submits them to be considered for approval by the College of Liberal Arts. (However, certain factors prevent some courses from being included. Yet the list of HPS Certificate courses grows over time. Some of the courses marked without * might eventually be approved for the HPS Certificate.)
History and Philosophy of Biology
| |
Class |
Professors |
| BIO301C* |
History of Biology |
Sarkar |
| HIS322G* |
History of the Modern Life Sciences |
Raby |
| PHL363L* |
Philosophy of Biology |
Sarkar |
| HIS366N* |
Biology, Behavior, & Injustice |
Martinez |
| HIS350L* |
Race, Science, and Racism |
Martinez |
| HIS322M* |
History of Modern Science |
Hunt, Martinez, Herd |
| PHL363L* |
Darwin, Evolution, and Philosophy |
Sarkar |
| CTI372* |
Darwin and the Politics of Evolution |
Prindle |
| UGS302 |
Evolution and Ecology in Society |
Singer |
| UGS302 |
Intelligant Design and Evolution |
Gilbert |
History and Philosophy of Physics
| |
Class |
Professors |
| AST350L* |
History and Philosophy of Astronomy |
Bromm |
| HIS350L* |
The Galileo Affair |
Hunt |
| PHY341* |
History of Physics |
Weinberg |
| HIS322M* |
History of Modern Science |
Hunt, Martinez, Herd |
| HIS350L* |
Einstein in an Age of Conflicts |
Martinez |
| PHL363L* |
Space, Time, and Infinity |
Juhl |
| PHL375M* |
Philosophy of Math and Physics |
Juhl |
| PHL363L* |
Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics |
|
| PHL363L* |
Philosophical Consequences of Quantum Mechanics |
|
Environment: Ethics and History
| |
Class |
Professors |
| PHL325C* |
Environmental Ethics |
Sarkar |
| HIS350L* |
Environmental History |
Bsumek |
| HIS350R* |
Environmental History of North America |
Bsumek |
| HIS350L* |
Global Environmental History |
Raby |
Religion and Science
| |
Class |
Professors |
| PHL363L* |
Darwin and Design |
Sarkar |
| HIS350L* |
The Galileo Affair |
Hunt |
| TC302/UGS303 |
Scientists and Religion in History |
Martinez |
| RS373/ANT324L* |
Science, Magic, Religion |
Crosson |
| PHY341* |
Pseudoscience |
Coker |
| CTI371S |
Science and Religion to Newton |
Lisle |
| CTI375 |
Sci/Religion: Newton-Present |
Lisle |
Ethics and History of the Medical Sciences
| |
Class |
Professors |
| CC348* |
Ancient Greek Medicine |
Dean-Jones, Curtis |
| CC306M* |
Intro to Medical and Scientific Terminology |
Curtis, Hankinson |
| PHL325M* |
Medicine, Ethics, and Society |
Leon |
| HIS365G* |
Science, Ethics, and Society |
Levine |
| HIS350L* |
Medicine in African History |
Osseo-Asare |
| HIS381 |
Drugs in World History |
Osseo-Asare |
| HIS366N* |
Global History Of Disease |
Osseo-Asare |
| HIS350R/WGS345* |
Women In Sickness & Health |
Seaholm |
| HIS350R* |
Women, Health, Medicine in American History |
Seaholm |
| HIS362G* |
Women in Science |
Herd |
Philosophy of Science
| |
Class |
Professors |
| PHL316K* |
Science and Philosophy |
Juhl, Sarkar, Hankinson |
| PHL363L* |
Discovery of Science |
|
| PHL353L* |
Philosophy of Science |
Sarkar |
| PHL363L* |
History of the Philosophy of Science |
|
| AST350L* |
History and Philosophy of Astronomy |
Bromm |
| PHL322* |
Science and the Modern World |
Juhl, Hankinson, Leon, L. Laudan |
| PHL363L* |
Topics in Philosophy of Science |
Juhl, Sarkar, and others |
| PHL365/CGS360/PSY394U* |
Intro to Cognitive Science |
Beaver |
| GSD361F* |
Squaring the Vienna Circle |
Arens |
| PHL363L* |
Emergence, Superven., Reduction |
|
| PHL363L* |
Space, Time and Infinity |
Juhl |
| PHL363L* |
Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Mechanics |
|
| PHL363L* |
Philosophical Consequences of Quantum Mechanics |
|
Logic and Scientific Methods
| |
Class |
Professors |
| PHL363* |
Scientific Method |
|
| PHL363L* |
Scientific Hypotheses and Evidence |
|
| PHL313* |
Introductory Symbolic Logic |
Juhl, Barker, Knab, Hyska, and others |
| PHL313Q* |
Logic and Scientific Reasoning |
Dever |
| PHL363L |
Outer Limits of Reason |
Juhl |
History and Philosophy of Mathematics
| |
Class |
Professors |
| PHL344M* |
Philosophy of Mathematics |
Juhl |
| PHL363L* |
Philosophy of Geometry |
Sarkar |
| HIS329U/PHL329U* |
Perspectives on Science and Math |
Martinez, Raby, Herd, Leon |
The Big Picture
| |
Class |
Professors |
| CC348* |
Roman Philosophy and Science |
White |
| HIS322C* |
Cultural History of World Science until 1650 |
Hart |
| HIS322D* |
Scientific Revolution of the 17th Century |
Hunt |
| HIS322M* |
History of Modern Science |
Hunt, Martinez, Herd |
| HIS329U* |
Perspectives on Science and Math |
Raby, Martinez, Herd, Hunt |
| PHL363L* |
History of the Philosphy of Science |
|
| HIS362G* |
Women in Science |
Herd |
| UGS303* |
Science and Art: Then and Now |
Hunt and Henderson |
| HIS317N* |
Discovery History |
Martinez |
History of Technology
| |
Class |
Professors |
| HIS350L* |
Electrification |
Hunt |
| HIS329P* |
History of the Atomic Bomb |
Hunt |
| HIS317L* |
Building America |
Bsumek |
Note: In the list above, the courses marked with an asterisk (*) have been approved to count toward the HPS Certificate. Courses without an asterisk have NOT been approved for the HPS Certificate. Periodically, the HPS Director identifies courses that might well count toward the Certificate, and submits them to be considered for approval by the College of Liberal Arts. (However, certain factors prevent some courses from being included. Yet the list of HPS Certificate courses grows over time. Some of the courses marked without * might eventually be approved for the HPS Certificate.)
