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History and Philosophy of Science
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Gerhard Wiesenfeldt (semester 1) Dr Kristian Camilleri (semester 2)
Email: gerhardw@unimelb.edu.au kcam@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
This major requires the completion of:
- a minimum of 12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives
- 12.5 credit points of Arts Foundation subjects (MULT10016 Reason is recommended) for a single major, or 12.5 credit points of additional Level 1 electives for a double major*
- 37.5 credit points of Level 2 electives
- 12.5 credit points of Level 3 capstone subjects
- 25 credit points of Level 3 electives
Level 1 subjects must be successfully completed before progressing to Level 2 subjects; Level 2 subjects must be successfully completed before progressing to Level 3 subjects.
*Note:
Students must undertake one Arts Foundation subject as part of the course requirements and the Arts Foundation can be counted in one major only. For this major, you will need to complete two Level 1 subjects.
If you are completing a single major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: One Arts Foundation subject and One Level 1 elective subject
If you are completing a double major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: One Arts Foundation subject and One Level 1 Elective subject OR Two Level 1 Elective subjects
Level 1 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HPSC10002 | Science and Pseudoscience | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC10001 | From Plato to Einstein | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC10004 | Bad Science | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
Level 2 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HPSC20015 | Astronomy in World History | Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC20002 | A History of Nature | Summer Term (Online) |
12.5 |
HPSC20009 | Technology & Contemporary Life | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
HPSC20020 | God and the Natural Sciences | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
PHIL20001 | Science, Reason and Reality | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
HPSC20022 | Electricity and Enlightenment History | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
PHIL20033 | The Philosophy of Mind | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
PHIL20030 | Logical Methods | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
HPSC20023 | Sex and Gender in the Sciences | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 capstone subject
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HPSC30035 | The Dynamics of Scientific Change | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HPSC30023 | Science and Society | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
HPSC30034 | Magic, Reason, New Worlds, 1450-1750 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL30016 | Knowledge and Reality | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL30043 | The Power and Limits of Logic | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC30019 | Minds and Madness | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
HPSC30037 | Thinking about Science: Past and Present | Winter Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30004 | Beyond Babylon | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND30005 | Gender Diversity in the Workplace | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Students are recommended to take one of the following subject sequences within their major:
Methodological Approaches to History and Philosophy of Science: PHIL20001, HPSC30023, HPSC30034, HPSC30035
History of Science: HPSC20015, HPSC20022
Science, Technology and Society: HPSC10003, HPSC20009, HPSC30023
Life Sciences: HPSC20002
Minds, Belief and History: HPSC20015, HPSC20020, HPSC30019, HPSC30034
Philosophy of Science: PHIL20001, HPSC20020, HPSC30035
Links
http://shaps.unimelb.edu.au/history-philosophy-science
Last updated: 12 November 2021