HIST 388: Topics in European History

HIST 388-DL1: Scientific Revolution
(Fall 2026)

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Section Information for Fall 2026

Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europeans lived in a world in flux.  New printed books flooded the market and letter-writing networks now spanned the globe, challenging traditional ideas about everything from astronomy and mathematics to botany and medicine.  This course will use a combination of hands-on activities, digital history methods, lectures, and readings to explore the ways both elite natural philosophers and everyday men and women understood the world, and how those understandings changed--or didn't--during the early modern era.  No previous experience with college-level science or digital history is necessary.

 

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Study of historical topics or periods of special interest. Notes: Topics announced in advance. May be repeated for credit when topic is different. Offered by History & Art History. May be repeated within the term.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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