York University, Faculty of Science and Engineering

Division of Natural Science

Natural Science 1730B, Scientific Change

Course Director: Byron E. Wall

 

Last update January 7, 2010         

 

This web site is for the use of students in Scientific Change. This site will be updated from time to time whenever there is new information about the course or new resources that students can link to through this site.

 

New:

·       This course is now complete. Final grades have been reported to the Registrar, and should be available to students. The component marks are available here.

·       I am now on sabbatical leave. Any queries about this course should be directed to the Natural Science office.

·       If you found this course interesting and would like to pursue other course work that looks at science from a more social perspective, have a look at the offerings of the Science and Technology Studies Program, “STS” for short. The STS program at York can lead to a BA or a BSc with an STS major, or it can be taken as a minor, or a student can merely elect courses that are of interest. For more information see the STS website at www.sts.yorku.ca.  I am the current Coordinator of this program. We welcome students interested in any aspect of our subject matter, either for a single course, or to take as a major or minor. Many of our courses are cross-listed to other divisions of the university, particularly the Humanities Department. But be advised, STS courses do not count as fulfilling the Natural Science requirement.

Click on the links below to go to extended information about each topic and to bring up schedules for printing and downloading: 

  • Schedules.
  • Supplementary resources. This link will take you to a list of supplementary resources on various topics in the course.
  • E-mail addresses of Course Director and Class Representatives.
  • The lecture notes. This link takes you to a list of the lectures in the course, from which you can download a version of the PowerPoint slides that will be shown in class with space for individual note-taking.
  • The M-Aid in NATS service. Information about this free tutoring service for Natural Science students who need help working with any mathematical concepts in their Natural Science course.

Adobe Acrobat Reader. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed to read any PDF files that may be posted. It may be downloaded free of charge by at the site you reach by clicking here. You may need this reader later on in this course for some of the other things posted on this website. Many public computer workstations (e.g. in libraries) will already have Acrobat installed. 

 

Dr. B. E. Wall
Norman Bethune College, Suite 218
York University, 4700 Keele St.
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3  Canada
Phone: 416-736-2100, ext. 20559, Fax: 416-736-5892
E-mail: bwall@yorku.ca

Web site: www.yorku.ca/bwall