Structure: History and Philosophy of Science minor

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Structure

75 credit points

This minor requires the completion of:

12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives
12.5 credit points of Arts Foundation Subjects (MULT10016 Reason is recommended)
25 credit points of Level 2 electives
25 credit points of Level 3 electives

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
HPSC10001	From Plato to Einstein	Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)	12.5
HPSC10002	Science and Pseudoscience	Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)	12.5
HPSC10003	Debating Science in Society	Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)	12.5
HPSC10005	Eugenics: A Biopolitical History	Not available in 2021	12.5

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
PHIL20033	The Philosophy of Mind	Semester 1 (Online)	12.5
HPSC20022	Electricity and Enlightenment History	Not available in 2021	12.5
PHIL20001	Science, Reason and Reality	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

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
HPSC30037	Thinking about Science: Past and Present	Winter Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)	12.5
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
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 minor:

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

Last updated: 12 November 2021