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    GENS 207 | Course Introduction and Application Information

    Course Name
    Scientific Thinking and Society
    Code
    Semester
    Theory
    (hour/week)
    Application/Lab
    (hour/week)
    Local Credits
    ECTS
    GENS 207
    Fall/Spring
    3
    0
    3
    4

    Prerequisites
    None
    Course Language
    English
    Course Type
    Service Course
    Course Level
    First Cycle
    Mode of Delivery -
    Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course -
    National Occupation Classification -
    Course Coordinator -
    Course Lecturer(s)
    Assistant(s) -
    Course Objectives The aim of this course is to help the students to develop a critical perspective about science and its relationship with society. In the first part of the course, the period during which modern science was born will be discussed in a broader fashion. In the second part, the focus will be on a series of issues taken from more recent periods of history of science. This course is for students that are interested in popular science.
    Learning Outcomes
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    Content
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    * Contribution Level
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    1to grasp science as a social activity and
    2to discuss how it is related with the society that generates it
    3to formulate an opinion on why modern science was born in Europe in 17th century, and not in another place and time
    4to express in what ways scientists’ understanding of the World and the Universe has changed after the “Scientific Revolution”
    5to recognize the examples of pseudoscience
    6to understand why the examples of pseudoscience are qualified as such
    Course Description This course is designed to discuss the relationship between science and the society that generates it.

     



    Course Category

    		Core Courses
    Major Area Courses
    Supportive Courses
    Media and Management Skills Courses
    Transferable Skill Courses

     

    WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

    Week Subjects Related Preparation Learning Outcome
    1 Introduction; presentation of the course and related questions; The Three Revolutions Course syllabus
    2 Types of Societies and their technologies Machionis, J. (2017) “Society and Technology”
    3 Sapiens and the Cognitive Revolution Harari, Y. (2015), Sapiens. A Brief History of Humankind, Part One: The Cognitive Revolution
    4 Guns, Germs, and Steel I: Yali’s Question Diamond, J. (1997), Guns, Germs and Steel, Prologue: “Yali’s Question”; Part I “From Eden to Cajamarca”
    5 Guns, Germs and Steel II: Agricultural Revolution Diamond, J. (1997), Guns, Germs and Steel, Part 2: “The Rise and The Spread of Food Production”
    6 Dawn of Civilizations, Birth of Natural Philosophy and the Aristotelian Worldview Lecture Notes
    7 Ptolemy and the Geocentric Model Lecture Notes
    8 Nicholaus Copernicus and the Heliocentric Model Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History Chapter 1, “Renaissance Men” pp. 21-32
    9 Tycho Brahe and his observations & Johannes Kepler and the movement of planets Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History Chapter 2, “The Last Mystics”
    10 First Scientists: Galileo and others, Part I Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History Chapter 3, “The First Scientists”
    11 First Scientists: Galileo and others, Part II Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History Chapter 3, “The First Scientists”
    12 René Descartes, Christiaan Huygens, Robert Boyle and first steps of science Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History Chapter 4, “Renaissance Men” (Descartes: pp. 118-126; Boyle pp.
    13 Robert Hooke and Isaac Newton Gribbin, J. (2002) Science: A History Chapter 5, “Newtonian Revolution” (Hooke: pp. 151-164; Newton pp. 172-188)
    14 Semester Review Lecture Notes
    15 Review of the Semester
    16 Final examination

     

    Course Notes/Textbooks

    Reading 1: Machionis, J. (2017) “Society and Technology”, in Machionis, J. (2017) Sociology, 16th Edition, pp. 118-123, Pearson: Hoboken

    Reading 2: Harari, Y. (2015), Sapiens. A Brief History of Humankind, HarperCollins: New York

    Reading 3: Diamond, J. (1997), Guns, Germs and Steel. The Fates of Human Societies, W. W. Norton: New York

    Reading 4: Gribbin, J. (2002), Science: A History 1543–2001, Penguin: London
    Suggested Readings/Materials

     

    EVALUATION SYSTEM

    Semester Activities Number Weighting LO 1 LO 2 LO 3 LO 4 LO 5 LO 6
    Participation
    Laboratory / Application
    Field Work
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    Portfolio
    Homework / Assignments
    Presentation / Jury
    Project
    Seminar / Workshop
    Oral Exams
    Midterm
    2
    60
    Final Exam
    1
    40
    Total

    Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    3
    60
    Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    1
    40
    Total

    ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

    Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
    Theoretical Course Hours
    (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
    16
    3
    48
    Laboratory / Application Hours
    (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
    16
    0
    Study Hours Out of Class
    16
    1
    16
    Field Work
    0
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    0
    Portfolio
    0
    Homework / Assignments
    0
    Presentation / Jury
    0
    Project
    0
    Seminar / Workshop
    0
    Oral Exam
    0
    Midterms
    2
    15
    30
    Final Exam
    1
    20
    20
        Total
    114

     

    COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP


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