Homepage for SC/NATS 1760B
Course
Overview Course
Web-Site URL= http://www.yorku.ca/hfischer/index.html - The York Moodle
site for
this course will be open on September 8 and will have a Forum for each
Lesson and a General Chat Room. I will be in the chat room from 7 to 8
pm at night during the first week of classes and on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 pm thereafter.
You are encouraged to use Forums and the General Chat Room at any time.
In order to do so you need to sign in using your York username and your York Passport password.Lessons and Assignments will be posted on this
site, not on the Moodle site. I can be reached by emailing me at natsci@rogers.com. Be sure to
include NATS1760B in the subject line of your
email or my junk filter will delete your message NATSAID is a student run study help
place. Check them out. Who is Dr. Hart
Fischer? Go here for a brief introduction of Dr. Hart
Fischer. No, you do not have to buy a text
for this course - all readings are on line! Yes, there will be quite a bit of
reading required! Count on 4 to 6 hours per week. Grading:
Important
Note: You cannot obtain a credit in this course without writing the
three in class examinations. If you cannot attend ALL three dates,
please choose another course.
Topics 1.
Introduction a. What
information can you trust? b. What
is good Science c.
Science and Pseudoscience 2.
What makes us Human? a.
What makes us Human? b.
The Big Leaps ·
Agriculture and Domestication ·
Urbanization and Civilizations ·
Writing and Mathematics 3.
Development of Reason and Science a.
Greece b.
Medieval Knowledge and the Church c.
Gutenberg & Explorations d.
Enlarging the Universe 4.
Rise of Technology a.
First Industrial Revolution b.
Age of the Earth c.
Science and Religion 5.
Age of Biology a.
Darwin and the Concept of Evolution b.
Mendel and the Rise of Genetics c.
Human Genetics and Genetic Engineering d.
Epidemiology and Disease 6.
Spread of Information a.
How much information b.
Privacy and Security 7.
Global Ethics a.
Population Growth b.
The Haves and the Have-Nots c.
Science, Ethics, and the Future Date L
# Lesson Assignment S
- 08 1 Introduction
& Critical Analysis of Sources Assignment
1 A#1 Grading Scheme S
- 15 2 Science
and Pseudoscience Assignment
2 S
- 22 3 Human
Evolution & What makes us Human? Assignment
3 S
- 29 4 The
Big Leaps - Agriculture and Domestication Assignment
4 O
- 06 5 Fertile
Crescent and Urbanization & The Development of Civilizations and
Empires Assignment
5 O
- 20 6 Writing
and Mathematics Assignment
6 O
- 27 7 Development
of Science and Reason - Paradigms Assignment
7 N
- 03 8 Greece
and the Alphabetic Mind & Reason and Religion Assignment 8 N
- 10 NL EXAM
#1 WORTH 30.1% NO
ASSIGNMENT N
- 17 9a 9b Rome
and the Dark Ages & Medieval Knowledge Black
Death Associated
Pictures, Diagrams and Maps Assignment
9 Pictures,
Diagrams & Maps N
- 24 10 Gutenberg
& Galileo Assignment
10 D
- 01 11 The
Industrial Revolution Assignment
11 Winter
Break - No classes or Assignments J
– 05 12 Rise
of Science and Technology & Harvey and the Circulation of
Blood Assignment 12 J
– 12 13 Science
and Religion & Age of the Earth Assignment
13 J
– 19 14 Darwin
and Evolution Assignment
14 J
– 26 15 The
Rise of Biology – Mendel & How to Solve Genetics Problems Assignment
15 F
– 02 16 Fruit
Flies and Human Genetics Assignment
16 F
– 16 17 Population
Genetics Assignment
17 Febuary
18 – 24 - Reading Week - No new Assignments M
– 01 18 Epidemiology
and Disease Assignment
18 M
- 08 19 Communication
and Information Technology Assignment
19 M
– 15 20 How
Much Information & Information Overload Assignment
20 M
– 22 21 Privacy
and Security & Ethics Assignment
21 M – 29 NL EXAM
#3 WORTH 18.8% WORTH
OF ALL ASSIGNMENTS = 21%
Item
Date
Value
Required
to obtain Credit
In Class Examination 1
Thus -
November 10, 4pm to 7pm
30.1%
YES
In Class Examination 2
Thus -
February 09, 4pm to 7pm
30.1%
YES
In Class Examination 2
Thus - March
29, 4pm to 7pm
18.8%
YES
Weekly Assignments (21)
Weekly (see
schedule below)
Change in Grading
21.0%
NO
October 08 - 14 - Co-curricular Week - No new
Assignments
F – 09
NL
EXAM #2 WORTH 30.1%
NO ASSIGNMENT
