Programs
Undergraduate Program - Study Abroad
Students may elect to study abroad during their junior year. Most students who choose to study abroad do so for one semester or during the summer. History and Science will accept up to two half-courses for concentration credit from a Harvard University-approved study abroad program.
Ordinarily, one half-course of study abroad credit will substitute for the conference course portion of the junior tutorial, and one half-course of study abroad credit will substitute for one half-course in the History area. Classes taken for History and Science credit must be approved by the DUS or the Manager of Student Programs in advance of the study abroad program. Please note that the two half-courses of study abroad credit will count as pass/fail courses; the grades do not transfer.
Please consult with the Office of International Programs for details about applying for credit for your study abroad experience: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~oip/.
Study Abroad in the History of Science
There are many, rich, and varied opportunities for study abroad in the history of science and related areas (Science and Technology Studies, the history of medicine, the history of technology, philosophy and sociology of science, science and health policy). While many faculty in this department are either non-American themselves or have taught in non-U.S. universities, foreign institutions often approach the historical study of science with different assumptions, with different interests, and with different patterns of connection between history and other humanistic and social scientific disciplines. For these and other reasons, concentrators may find study abroad an enriching experience.
A few of the more important foreign programs in these fields are listed below. Not all of them have dedicated undergraduate programs of study in these areas but all have undergraduate courses, and other resources, in which our concentrators might be interested. The list is not exhaustive, and concentrators may approach the Program Manager for Undergraduate Students or the Director of Undergraduate Studies with suggestions of their own.
Great Britain:
- University College, London: Department of Science and Technology Studies
- Cambridge University: Department of History and Philosophy of Science
- Edinburgh University, Science Studies Unit
- Imperial College, London: Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
- London School of Economics: Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
- London School of Economics: Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science
- University of Manchester: Centre for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
- University of Kent: Centre for the History of Cultural Studies of Science
- University of Leeds: Division of History and Philosophy of Science (within the Department of Philosophy)
- University of Warwick: Centre for the History of Medicine
- University of Lancaster: Centre for Science Studies
- University of Bath: Science Studies Centre
Australia:
- University of New South Wales: School of History and Philosophy of Science
- University of Wollongong: Science, Technology, and Society Program (within School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication)
- University of Sydney: Unit for the History and Philosophy of Science
Continental Europe:
- University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands): Department of Science and Technology Dynamics
- University of Twente (The Netherlands): Centre for Studies of Science, Technology and Society
- University of Maastricht (The Netherlands): Social Studies of Science and Technology in Society
- Göteborg University (Gothenberg, Sweden): Science and Technology Studies
- Uppsala University (Sweden): Department of History of Science and Ideas
- Norwegian University for Technology and Society, Trondheim: Centre for Technology and Society
- ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich): Science Studies and Philosophy of Science
- University of Frankfurt-am-Main: Arbeitsgruppe Wissenschaftsgeschichte
- University of Regensburg: Lehrstuhl für Wissenschaftgeschichte
- Technical University, Darmstadt: Institut für Technikgeschichte
