Science & Muslims 1800-Now Semester: Spring Year: 2013 Subject Name: Cognitive Science Course Number: 0291 Institution: Hampshire College The modern world is shaped and deeply influenced by modern science and technology. While Muslim societies made valuable contributions to natural philosophy in medieval times, the relation to modern science is more complicated. In this course we will look at the reaction of Muslim intellectuals in the 19th and 20th centuries to the advent of modernity and how it shaped their views regarding modern science. The second half of the class will look at contemporary debates over "Islamic Science," the trend of finding modern science in the Qur'an, and biological evolution. We will conclude the class by looking at the impact of new media on the new generation of educated Muslims. Prerequisite: One course in Islam, Middle East history, or History of Science in the Muslim World. Comments: Multiple Cultural Perspectives Independent Work Writing and Research Linked Course: Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously. Linked Course Comments: This course has unspecified prerequisite(s) - please see the instructor. Instructor Permission: Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only. Crosslisted Section ID: 310478,310578 URL: http://thehub.hampshire.edu Schedule #: 310478 Course Sections Year - Any -2018201720162015201420132012 Term - Any -FallSpring Subject Course Number Institution - Any -Amherst CollegeHampshire CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeSmith CollegeUMass Amherst Section Number Science & Muslims 1800-Now Sect # Credits Instructor(s) Instructor Email Meeting Times Location 1 4.0 Salman Hameed sahCS@hampshire.edu 02:30PM-05:20PM M Adele Simmons Hall 222