HIST 40253 - (was 4302) Magic, Science, and the Occult from Antiquity to Newton

Three credit hours.

Was HIST 4302. A survey of humans’ attempts to explain and control the cosmos from antiquity to the emergence of modern science around 1700, including the contributions of pseudoscientific, occult, and magical worldviews; internal developments in the history of science; and the relationship between scientific thought and the historical context. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as HIST 50253 (was HIST 5302).