History and Philosophy of Science Program

204 Mather House
www.case.edu/artsci/hpst
Phone: 216-368-2614
Alan Rocke, Director
E-mail: alan.rocke@case.edu

The Department of Philosophy and the Department of History together offer an undergraduate major in the history and philosophy of science. The purpose of the major is to develop a humanistic understanding of the nature and development of science through the combined use of philosophical and historical methods. The major provides a foundation for graduate study in a range of academic disciplines and for careers in such areas as business, medicine, law, public policy, and science journalism. It also may be profitably combined with a program in one of the sciences. Within the major, a student may seek an emphasis on the philosophy of science, the history of the physical sciences, or the history of the biological and medically related sciences.

Program Advisory Committee

Alan J. Rocke, Ph.D.
Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History; Director, History and Philosophy of Science Program

James M. Edmonson, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor of History; Director, Dittrick Medical History Center

Miriam R. Levin, Ph.D.
Professor of History

Colin McLarty, Ph.D.
Truman P. Handy Professor of Intellectual Philosophy; Associate Professor of Philosophy

Jonathan Sadowsky, Ph.D.
Theodore J. Castele Professor; Associate Professor of History

Undergraduate Programs

Major

The history and philosophy of science major requires 30 credit hours from courses in philosophy and in history of science and technology. Required are PHIL 101, 204, and 302; HSTY 151 and 202; HSTY/PHIL 203; HSTY/PHIL 390; and three electives approved by the major advisor. Students who major in the history and philosophy of science are not permitted to take a second major in philosophy or to minor in philosophy.

Minor

The minor in history and philosophy of science consists of HSTY 202, PHIL/HSTY 203, and PHIL 204, plus two electives approved by the minor advisor.