This is a three-unit general education non-laboratory science course.  It is intended for non-science majors, and there are no prerequisite courses.  The emphasis will be on the scientific method, scientists and their attitudes, some history of science, science as a human enterprise, and the relationship of science to the modern world.  An important part of the course will be the development of scientific skepticism, or the so-called “gullibility training”.  Note that this is not strictly a science course: any science you learn here is purely incidental.  This is a course about science, about scientists, and about the relationship of science and scientists to everything else.

 

An Introduction to Scientific Thought

Section 4260 of this course will be taught entirely on-line, but there will be an orientation meeting on-campus.  This will be held in Room 3252 of the new science building from 1:00 to 2:00 PM, Saturday, August 23, 2008.  Attendance is required.

The first on-line class session will be on Monday, August 28.