History of Science and Technology

Combined Honours

Students who intend to apply to graduate school or professional programs (such as medicine, law, or journalism) are encouraged to take an honours degree which requires a higher quality of work than other undergraduate programs.

In HOST you must pursue a Combined Honours degree (that is a degree integrating courses from two disciplines) by combining your HOST degree with a program from Dalhousie’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (for a BA), a program from Dalhousie’s Faculty of Science (for a BSc), or a degree in Journalism (for a BJH).

To complete a combined honours in the History of Science and Technology, BA students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours to a maximum of 48 credit hours in HSTC. BSc students may complete a minimum of 30 credit hours (or a minimum of 24, with the program’s approval) to a maximum of 54 credit hours in HSTC.

Within these credit hours, the program’s four 3 credit hours “core” courses must be included:

HSTC 2001.03 or equivalent
HSTC 3001.03 or equivalent
HSTC 4001.03 or equivalent
HSTC 4600.03
Note: With special permission from the Program Director, HSTC 3031.03 may be substituted for one of the core courses.

The requirements for the second honours subject are dependent on that department, and vary from program to program. In total, a minimum of 66 credit hours to a maximum of 84 credit hours in the two allied honours subjects must be completed. Students may fulfil the honours requirement in either of the two honours subjects. Usually this subject will be the one in which the student has taken more classes. In the HOST program, completion of the honours thesis (HSTC 4650.03) fulfils the requirement of the honours qualifying examination.

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Core Courses

: Beginnings of Wisdom: Science in the Pre-modern World; HSTC2001.03 / CLAS2001.03

Fall; Archibald Room

TR 1435-1555

: Medieval Natural Philosophy: from the Roman Empire to the Age of Dante; HSTC2002.03 / CLAS2002.03

Winter; Archibald Room

TR 1435-1555

: The Scientific Revolution; HSTC3001.03

Fall; Scotiabank Room

M 1235-1425

W 1235-1325

: Science in the Enlightenment; HSTC3002.03

Winter; Scotiabank Room

M 1235-1425

W 1235-1325

: Science and Nature in the Modern Period; HSTC4001.03

Fall; Seminar Room

TR 1005-1125

: Disputes: Methodologies in the History of Science and Technology; HSTC4600.03

Fall; Frazee Room

TR 1435-1555

Electives

: Imagining Artificial Intelligence; HSTC2410.03

Summer; Online / Asynchronous

: Brewing Civilization: The History, Culture and Science of Beer; HSTC3415.03

Summer; ONLINE / ASYNCHRONOUS

: History of the Marine Science; HSTC3331.03 / HIST3073.03 / BIOL4664.03 / MARI4664.03 / OCEA4331.03 / SCIE4001.03

Summer; Seminar 7

MTWF 0935-1155

: Introduction to the History of Science I: from the Ancients to the Birth of the Modern; HSTC1201.03 / HSTC 2211.03 / SCIE2001.03 / HIST2075.03

Fall; Alumni Hall (Lectures)

MW 1435-1525 (Lecture)

W 1535-1625 (Tutorial 1, Classroom AA1)

W 1535-1625 (Tutorial 2, Seminar Room)

R 1435-1525 (Tutorial 3, Seminar Room)

R 1435-1525 (Tutorial 4, Classroom AA1)

F 1435-1525 (Tutorial 5, Classroom AA1)

: Introduction to the History of Science II: From The Birth of the Modern to the Present; HSTC1202.03 / HSTC2212.03 / SCIE2002.03 / HIST2076.03

Winter; Alumni Hall (Lectures)

MW 1435-1525 (Lecture, Alumni Hall)

W 1535-1625 (Tutorial 1, Classroom AA1)

W 1535-1625 (Tutorial 2, Seminar Room)

R 1435-1525 (Tutorial 3, Seminar Room)

R 1435-1525 (Tutorial 4, Classroom AA1)

F 1435-1525 (Tutorial 5, Classroom AA1)

: Origins of Modern Medicine; HSTC2102.03

Fall; Alumni Hall (Lectures)

R 1735-2025

: Magic, Science and the Occult: from Antiquity to Postmodernity; HSTC2120.03 / EMSP2360.03 / HIST2990.03 / RELS2120.03

Fall; KTS Lecture Hall

MW 1135-1255

: The Beginnings of Western Medicine: Birth of the Body; HSTC2202.03 / CLAS2202.03

Winter; Seminar 7

R 1735-2025

: Environmentalism: origins, ideals and critiques; CTMP2206.03 / HSTC2209.03

Fall; Classroom AA1

TR 1605-1725

: Ideas of the Sea and Seafaring: Intercultural Perspectives; EMSP2490.03 / CTMP2207.03 / HSTC2220.03

Fall; KTS Lecture Hall

TR 1305-1425

: The Origins of Science Fiction in Early Modern Europe; EMSP2340.03 / HSTC2340.03

Winter; Archibald Room

TR 1005-1125

: Science and the Media; HSTC2400.03 / JOUR2400.03

Winter; KTS Lecture Hall

M 1735-2025

: Science Fiction in Film; HSTC2500.03

Fall; Alumni Hall

M 1735-2055

: Asia and the West: Centuries of Dialogue; EMSP2390.03 / CHIN2082.03 / CTMP2102.03 / HSTC2811.03

Fall; Classroom AA1

MW 1005-1125

: Science and Culture I: The Discourses of Modernity; CTMP3001.03 / HSTC3031.03

Fall; Archibald Room

M 1035-1225

W 1035-1125

: Science and Culture II: Resetting the Modern; CTMP3002.03 / HSTC3032.03

Winter; Archibald Room

M 1035-1225

W 1035-1125

: Human Experiments; HSTC3101.03 / CTMP3204.03

Winter; Scotiabank Room

TR 1305-1425

: Plagues, Pandemics and People: A Global History of Epidemics; HSTC 3102.03

Winter; Seminar Room

TR 1005-1125

: In Search of the Philosopher's Stone: The History of European Alchemy; HSTC3121.03 / EMSP3321.03 / HIST3990.03 / RELS3121.03

Winter; Archibald Room

TR 1305-1425

: Ecology and Religion; HSTC3202.03/ RELS3211.03

Fall; Classroom AA1

TR 1605-1725

: History of Biology; HSTC3302.03 / BIOL3602.03

Fall; Classroom AA1

TR 1005-1125

: Oracles, Omens and Astrology in the Ancient World; HSTC3320.03 / CLAS3320.03

Winter; KTS Lecture Hall

MW 1135-1255

: Anti-Colonial Science; HSTC3403.03

Winter; Seminar 7

MW 1005-1125

: Experiments in the Mind: Thought Experiments in Physics; HSTC3430.03W

Winter; Seminar Room

MW 1005-1125

Honours Thesis & Colloquium

: History of Science and Technology Honours Thesis; HSTC4650.03

Fall

Winter

Minor

You can take a minor in HOST to complement your degree. Studying science through this humanities-based approach demonstrates your ability to think about science ‘outside the box’.

The Minor in HOST requires a minimum of 18 to a maximum of 27 credit hours taken at the 2000 level or above. This must include (updated January 2022):

any one of the following three core courses
- HSTC 2001.03: Beginnings of Wisdom: Science in the Pre-modern World (or equivalent)
- HSTC 3001.03: The Scientific Revolution (or equivalent)
- HSTC 4001.03: Science and Nature in the Modern Period (or equivalent
six credit hours at the 3000 or 4000 level.

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one of the following courses

: Beginnings of Wisdom: Science in the Pre-modern World; HSTC2001.03 / CLAS2001.03

Fall; Archibald Room

TR 1435-1555

: The Scientific Revolution; HSTC3001.03

Fall; Scotiabank Room

M 1235-1425

W 1235-1325

: Science and Nature in the Modern Period; HSTC4001.03

Fall; Seminar Room

TR 1005-1125

six credit hours at the 3000 or 4000 level

: Brewing Civilization: The History, Culture and Science of Beer; HSTC3415.03

Summer; ONLINE / ASYNCHRONOUS

: History of the Marine Science; HSTC3331.03 / HIST3073.03 / BIOL4664.03 / MARI4664.03 / OCEA4331.03 / SCIE4001.03

Summer; Seminar 7

MTWF 0935-1155

: Science in the Enlightenment; HSTC3002.03

Winter; Scotiabank Room

M 1235-1425

W 1235-1325

: Science and Culture I: The Discourses of Modernity; CTMP3001.03 / HSTC3031.03

Fall; Archibald Room

M 1035-1225

W 1035-1125

: Science and Culture II: Resetting the Modern; CTMP3002.03 / HSTC3032.03

Winter; Archibald Room

M 1035-1225

W 1035-1125

: Human Experiments; HSTC3101.03 / CTMP3204.03

Winter; Scotiabank Room

TR 1305-1425

: Plagues, Pandemics and People: A Global History of Epidemics; HSTC 3102.03

Winter; Seminar Room

TR 1005-1125

: In Search of the Philosopher's Stone: The History of European Alchemy; HSTC3121.03 / EMSP3321.03 / HIST3990.03 / RELS3121.03

Winter; Archibald Room

TR 1305-1425

: Ecology and Religion; HSTC3202.03/ RELS3211.03

Fall; Classroom AA1

TR 1605-1725

: History of Biology; HSTC3302.03 / BIOL3602.03

Fall; Classroom AA1

TR 1005-1125

: Oracles, Omens and Astrology in the Ancient World; HSTC3320.03 / CLAS3320.03

Winter; KTS Lecture Hall

MW 1135-1255

: Anti-Colonial Science; HSTC3403.03

Winter; Seminar 7

MW 1005-1125

: Experiments in the Mind: Thought Experiments in Physics; HSTC3430.03W

Winter; Seminar Room

MW 1005-1125

: Science and Nature in the Modern Period; HSTC4001.03

Fall; Seminar Room

TR 1005-1125

: Disputes: Methodologies in the History of Science and Technology; HSTC4600.03

Fall; Frazee Room

TR 1435-1555

Electives

Discover the history of engineering. Learn about science fiction in film, science and the media, or science and religion. These are just some of the topics of elective courses open to students pursuing a King’s Honours degree or any program in King’s and Dalhousie shared Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Faculty of Science.

Using the combined resources of philosophical, historical and sociological methods, HOST traces the roots and trajectories of primary conceptions of nature and our place within it.

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All HOST Courses

: Introduction to the History of Science I: from the Ancients to the Birth of the Modern; HSTC1201.03 / HSTC 2211.03 / SCIE2001.03 / HIST2075.03

Fall; Alumni Hall (Lectures)

MW 1435-1525 (Lecture)

W 1535-1625 (Tutorial 1, Classroom AA1)

W 1535-1625 (Tutorial 2, Seminar Room)

R 1435-1525 (Tutorial 3, Seminar Room)

R 1435-1525 (Tutorial 4, Classroom AA1)

F 1435-1525 (Tutorial 5, Classroom AA1)

: Introduction to the History of Science II: From The Birth of the Modern to the Present; HSTC1202.03 / HSTC2212.03 / SCIE2002.03 / HIST2076.03

Winter; Alumni Hall (Lectures)

MW 1435-1525 (Lecture, Alumni Hall)

W 1535-1625 (Tutorial 1, Classroom AA1)

W 1535-1625 (Tutorial 2, Seminar Room)

R 1435-1525 (Tutorial 3, Seminar Room)

R 1435-1525 (Tutorial 4, Classroom AA1)

F 1435-1525 (Tutorial 5, Classroom AA1)

: Beginnings of Wisdom: Science in the Pre-modern World; HSTC2001.03 / CLAS2001.03

Fall; Archibald Room

TR 1435-1555

: Medieval Natural Philosophy: from the Roman Empire to the Age of Dante; HSTC2002.03 / CLAS2002.03

Winter; Archibald Room

TR 1435-1555

: Origins of Modern Medicine; HSTC2102.03

Fall; Alumni Hall (Lectures)

R 1735-2025

: Magic, Science and the Occult: from Antiquity to Postmodernity; HSTC2120.03 / EMSP2360.03 / HIST2990.03 / RELS2120.03

Fall; KTS Lecture Hall

MW 1135-1255

: The Beginnings of Western Medicine: Birth of the Body; HSTC2202.03 / CLAS2202.03

Winter; Seminar 7

R 1735-2025

: Environmentalism: origins, ideals and critiques; CTMP2206.03 / HSTC2209.03

Fall; Classroom AA1

TR 1605-1725

: Engineering the Planet: the Anthropocene Era, from Prehistory to Today's Global Crisis; HSTC2210.03

Fall; Seminar 7

T 1735-2025

: Ideas of the Sea and Seafaring: Intercultural Perspectives; EMSP2490.03 / CTMP2207.03 / HSTC2220.03

Fall; KTS Lecture Hall

TR 1305-1425

: The Origins of Science Fiction in Early Modern Europe; EMSP2340.03 / HSTC2340.03

Winter; Archibald Room

TR 1005-1125

: Science and the Media; HSTC2400.03 / JOUR2400.03

Winter; KTS Lecture Hall

M 1735-2025

: Imagining Artificial Intelligence; HSTC2410.03

Summer; Online / Asynchronous

: Science Fiction in Film; HSTC2500.03

Fall; Alumni Hall

M 1735-2055

: Asia and the West: Centuries of Dialogue; EMSP2390.03 / CHIN2082.03 / CTMP2102.03 / HSTC2811.03

Fall; Classroom AA1

MW 1005-1125

: The Scientific Revolution; HSTC3001.03

Fall; Scotiabank Room

M 1235-1425

W 1235-1325

: Science in the Enlightenment; HSTC3002.03

Winter; Scotiabank Room

M 1235-1425

W 1235-1325

: Science and Culture I: The Discourses of Modernity; CTMP3001.03 / HSTC3031.03

Fall; Archibald Room

M 1035-1225

W 1035-1125

: Science and Culture II: Resetting the Modern; CTMP3002.03 / HSTC3032.03

Winter; Archibald Room

M 1035-1225

W 1035-1125

: Human Experiments; HSTC3101.03 / CTMP3204.03

Winter; Scotiabank Room

TR 1305-1425

: Plagues, Pandemics and People: A Global History of Epidemics; HSTC 3102.03

Winter; Seminar Room

TR 1005-1125

: In Search of the Philosopher's Stone: The History of European Alchemy; HSTC3121.03 / EMSP3321.03 / HIST3990.03 / RELS3121.03

Winter; Archibald Room

TR 1305-1425

: Ecology and Religion; HSTC3202.03/ RELS3211.03

Fall; Classroom AA1

TR 1605-1725

: History of Biology; HSTC3302.03 / BIOL3602.03

Fall; Classroom AA1

TR 1005-1125

: Oracles, Omens and Astrology in the Ancient World; HSTC3320.03 / CLAS3320.03

Winter; KTS Lecture Hall

MW 1135-1255

: History of the Marine Science; HSTC3331.03 / HIST3073.03 / BIOL4664.03 / MARI4664.03 / OCEA4331.03 / SCIE4001.03

Summer; Seminar 7

MTWF 0935-1155

: Anti-Colonial Science; HSTC3403.03

Winter; Seminar 7

MW 1005-1125

: Brewing Civilization: The History, Culture and Science of Beer; HSTC3415.03

Summer; ONLINE / ASYNCHRONOUS

: Experiments in the Mind: Thought Experiments in Physics; HSTC3430.03W

Winter; Seminar Room

MW 1005-1125

: Science and Nature in the Modern Period; HSTC4001.03

Fall; Seminar Room

TR 1005-1125

: Disputes: Methodologies in the History of Science and Technology; HSTC4600.03

Fall; Frazee Room

TR 1435-1555

DALHOUSIE SELECTIVES

Students enrolled in the Combined Honours or Minor program in HOST can opt to take a maximum of one 3-credit hour “selective” course at Dalhousie University to count toward the HOST part of their degree. The Registrar’s Office at King’s should be notified if students wish to pursue this option. Not all selectives are offered each year. Please consult the current timetable for this year’s offering.

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Combined Honours

Core Courses

Archibald Room

TR 1435-1555

Archibald Room

TR 1435-1555

Scotiabank Room

M 1235-1425

W 1235-1325

Scotiabank Room

M 1235-1425

W 1235-1325

Seminar Room

TR 1005-1125

Frazee Room

TR 1435-1555

Electives

Online / Asynchronous

ONLINE / ASYNCHRONOUS

Seminar 7

MTWF 0935-1155

Alumni Hall (Lectures)

MW 1435-1525 (Lecture)

W 1535-1625 (Tutorial 1, Classroom AA1)

W 1535-1625 (Tutorial 2, Seminar Room)

R 1435-1525 (Tutorial 3, Seminar Room)

R 1435-1525 (Tutorial 4, Classroom AA1)

F 1435-1525 (Tutorial 5, Classroom AA1)

Alumni Hall (Lectures)

MW 1435-1525 (Lecture, Alumni Hall)

W 1535-1625 (Tutorial 1, Classroom AA1)

W 1535-1625 (Tutorial 2, Seminar Room)

R 1435-1525 (Tutorial 3, Seminar Room)

R 1435-1525 (Tutorial 4, Classroom AA1)

F 1435-1525 (Tutorial 5, Classroom AA1)

Alumni Hall (Lectures)

R 1735-2025

KTS Lecture Hall

MW 1135-1255

Seminar 7

R 1735-2025

Classroom AA1

TR 1605-1725

KTS Lecture Hall

TR 1305-1425

Archibald Room

TR 1005-1125

KTS Lecture Hall

M 1735-2025

Alumni Hall

M 1735-2055

Classroom AA1

MW 1005-1125

Archibald Room

M 1035-1225

W 1035-1125

Archibald Room

M 1035-1225

W 1035-1125

Scotiabank Room

TR 1305-1425

Seminar Room

TR 1005-1125