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Course Name
Turkish
Bilim Devrimi
English
Scientific Revolution
Course Code
BVT 521E
Credit
Lecture
(hour/week)
Recitation
(hour/week)
Laboratory
(hour/week)
Semester
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3
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Course Language
English
Course Coordinator
Hasan Karataş
Course Objectives
1. To introduce basic figures and events of the Scientific Revolution;
2. To teach the social and political background of the rise of modern science;
3. To enable students to discuss major issues and debates in the history writing of the Scientific Revolution
4. To make students write a well-organized academic essay with a sound use of primary and secondary sources; to develop their written and oral expression skills
Course Description
Origins of Modern Science in Early Modern Europe; history and historiography of the Scientific Revolution; social and political context of the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge in Europe between 15th and 18th centuries; institutions, patrons and networks of new scientific enquiry; major figures, debates and intellectual output behind the rise of experimental science
Course Outcomes
1. Increase his/her factual knowledge about the rise of modern science during the early modern period;
2. Be able to contextualize scientific production in a particular social and setting;
3. Equip him/herself with the tools and concepts of the historiography of the Scientific Revolution;
4. Make a sound historical argument in a well-organized academic piece.
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