Humanities and Fine Arts 191HFA11 - FYS-EthicalScientist:PractSci

This will be a seminar style course with a lot of room for discussion. The course starts with science as a tool to understand Nature, progressing towards developing the scientific method. The practice of science and hence its history will be discussed through the ages starting from Aristotle until modern times. The impact of scientific advances on social development as well as how it affected the ethical make up of society will be briefly touched upon. Midway through the course, an invited guest lecture by a CNS faculty member will also be given highlighting his/her research. The course will culminate on a discussion of the practice of science in modern times i.e. discussion of peer review process.

Open to first-year Humanities and Fine Arts Exploratory Track students and first-year HFA Majors.