2023-2024 Catalog and Student Handbook

HIST 352 Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment

A study of the "Age of Reason," in which Europeans came to revere science as the central source of truth about the natural world and humanity. Includes examination of the origins of the scientific method, natural magic, emerging ideas about the universe, the scientific shaping of ideas about sex and race, shifting notions of nature and religion, and emerging concepts of political, economic, and sexual liberty.

Credits

3

Distribution

Historical Perspectives, Civilization & Culture