Campuses:
Twin Cities campus
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Twin Cities Campus
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine MinorHistory of Science & Technology
Graduate School
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Program in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, University of Minnesota, 108 Pillsbury Hall, 310 Pillsbury Drive S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-7069; fax: 612-625-3819)
Email:
hstm@umn.edu
Website: http://www.hstm.umn.edu
The program offers opportunities for advanced research and study in the history of science and technology (with particular expertise in the history of the physical sciences, history of the biological sciences, history of technology, and history of American science and technology) and in the history of medicine.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
Other requirements to be completed before admission:
Students must have a bachelor's degree with a preferred grade average of B or better and should be capable of interdisciplinary study. Depending on background and career objectives, additional preparatory studies may be necessary in either the science-technology area or in the humanities and social sciences.
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses towards program requirements is not permitted.
Students who wish to take the graduate minor in the history of science, technology, and medicine are required to take four 3-credit courses. The Historiography course (HSCI or HMED 8112) is strongly recommended, along with other courses that are selected to define a course of study that should have some identifiable focus but also a certain breadth. Students should not plan to take all courses in the minor from the same faculty member.
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