| SC/NATS 1730.06, Section B, Scientific Change, Schedule for Fall 2009, Classes in Stedman "A" | ||||
| Day | Date | LectureTopic | Reading Assignments | Video/Film |
| Key: COP = Children of Prometheus; Glimpses = Glimpses of Reality; DH = The Double Helix | ||||
| Thurs | 10-Sep-09 | General Introduction, Prehistory and the first Civilizations | COP, Foreword, Prologue, Intro to Part I, Chapters 1 & 2 | |
| Mon | 14-Sep-09 | Numbers and Arithmetic | Glimpses, Part I Introduction and Ch 1; COP, Ch 3 | |
| Thurs | 17-Sep-09 | Ancient Greece and Pythagoras | COP, Ch 4: pp. 48-56; Glimpses, Ch 2 & 3 | |
| Mon | 21-Sep-09 | Plato and Aristotle | Glimpses, Ch 4, 5 & 6 | |
| Thurs | 24-Sep-09 | Euclid | Glimpses, Ch 6 & 7 | |
| Mon | 28-Sep-09 | Ptolemy and the Roman Empire | Glimpses, Ch 8; COP, Ch 4: pp. 56-65 | |
| Thurs | 1-Oct-09 | The Dark Ages and the Renaissance | COP, Intro to Part II, Ch 5 & 6; Glimpses, Part II Introduction | |
| Mon | 5-Oct-09 | 90 minute test; worth 30% of the course mark. | Medieval Conflict: Faith & Reason | |
| Thurs | 8-Oct-09 | The Renaissance | COP, Intro to Part III, Ch 7-8 | Scientific Imagination in the Renaissance |
| 12 - 16 October 2009 is Fall Reading Week. No Classes. | ||||
| Mon | 19-Oct-09 | Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler | Glimpses, Ch 9 & 10; COP, Ch 9 pp. 138-152 | |
| Thurs | 22-Oct-09 | Galileo | Glimpses, Ch 11 & 12; COP, Ch 9: pp. 152-163, Ch 10: pp. 165-171 | |
| Mon | 26-Oct-09 | Descartes | Glimpses, Ch 13; COP, Ch 10 pp. 172-176 | Science Revises the Heavens |
| Thurs | 29-Oct-09 | Newton | Glimpses, Ch 14 & 15: | |
| Mon | 2-Nov-09 | The Three Traditions and Scientific Discovery | COP, Ch 11 & 12 | |
| Thurs | 5-Nov-09 | Scientific Method and Review | COP, Part IV Introduction; Glimpses, Part III Introduction | |
| Friday | 6-Nov-09 | Last day to drop the course without a grade appearing on the transcript. | ||
| Mon | 9-Nov-09 | 90 minute test; worth 30% of the course mark. | The Factory & the Marketplace Revolution | |
| Thurs | 12-Nov-09 | Chemistry, Enlightenment & Energy | COP, Ch 13 & 15; Glimpses, Ch 16 | |
| Mon | 16-Nov-09 | Electromagnetism | COP, Ch 17; Glimpses, Ch 17 | |
| Thurs | 19-Nov-09 | Relativity | Glimpses, Ch 18 | |
| Mon | 23-Nov-09 | Atomic theory & Cosmology | Glimpses, Ch 19 & 20: Recommended also: COP, Ch 19 | |
| Thurs | 26-Nov-09 | Life: Theories of the Earth & Taxonomy | Glimpses, Part IV Introduction, Ch 21; COP, Ch 16 | |
| Mon | 30-Nov-09 | Darwin's Theory of Evolution | Glimpses, Ch 22; Start reading DH | |
| Thurs | 3-Dec-09 | The Microscope and Genetics | Glimpses, Ch 23; Continue reading DH; Recommended also: COP, Ch 21: pp. 408-419 | |
| Mon | 7-Dec-09 | DNA: The Discovery of the Structure of DNA | Glimpses, Ch 24; Finish reading DH; Recommended also: COP, Ch 21: pp. 420-433 | |
| As scheduled in the Fall Exam period | 3 hour cumulative final exam; worth 40% of the course mark. | |||
| Revised as of October 23, 2009 | ||||