The HPS BA degree requires 25 credits of core courses, 25 credits of electives, 30 credits of Science coursework, and completion of the HPS capstone course. Specific requirements are listed below.
Core Courses
Completion of the following five courses with a minimum GPA of 2.50:
1. HIST 311 - Science in Civilization: Antiquity to 1600
2. HIST 312 - Science in Civilization: Science in Modern Society
3. HIST 390 - Colloquium in History and Science
4. PHIL 160 - Why Do We Believe in Quarks, Evolution, and
Other Crazy Things? Perspectives on Science, Reason, and Reality
OR
PHIL 460 - Philosophy of Science
5. PHIL 120 - Introduction to Logic
Electives
25 further credits, of which at least 10 must be PHIL and at least 5 must be HIST, from any of the following courses (or others upon petition)
1. ESS 408.
2. HIST 211, 215, 310, 313 (also ASTR 313), 314, 315, 316,
317, 318, 412.
3. PHIL 243, 350, 360, 406, 450, 460 (if 160 has been taken),
464, 466, 473, 481, 482, 483.
Capstone
Completion of HPS 400 - HPS colloquium
Science Requirement
Completion of 30 credits of Natural World courses with a minimum GPA of 2.50 in these courses. Courses must be from the following departments and at least 15 of the credits must be outside mathematics:
| Anthropology | Economics |
| Astronomy | Environmental Studies |
| Atmospheric Sciences | Mathematics |
| Biology | Physics |
| Chemistry | Psychology |
| Computer Science | Sociology |
| Earth and Space Science |
(continue to Honors Track)
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