This major focuses on the origins and historical developments in the interface of society, science, and technology. It is therefore a cross-disciplinary research program bridging natural and social sciences. This kind of research has a long history and became an independent discipline more than one hundred years ago. In 1913, with the effort of George Sarton and others, an international journal of history of science and technology,ISISwas created. The foundation of the international society for the history of science and the convening of the first international congress of history of science and technology in 1928 marked the establishment of this discipline. Students graduating from this major usually work in universities, research institutes, museums, archaeological institutes, and government offices
Table . Courses offered in the History of Science and Technology Program, Institute for Cultural Heritage and History of Science & Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Course title |
Total semester hours/hours per week |
Language |
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History of Science and Technology |
48/3 |
Chinese |
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Philology for History of Science and Technology |
32/2 |
Chinese |
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Theories in History of Science and Technology |
32/2 |
Chinese |
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Archaeology: Theory and Practice |
32/2 |
Chinese |
|
Introduction for Cultural Heritage |
32/2 |
Chinese |
|
Scientific Sociology |
32/2 |
Chinese |
|
Advances in History of Science and Technology |
16/1 |
Chinese |
|
Archaeological Science |
32/2 |
Chinese |
|
Archaeometallurgy |
32/2 |
Chinese |
|
History of Ceramic Technology |
32/2 |
Chinese |
|
Laboratory Session: Ancient Materials Analysis |
32/2 |
Chinese |
|
Archaeomaterials Seminar |
32/2 |
English |
|
Art Conservation: Theory and Practice |
32/2 |
Chinese |
|
Corrosion and Conservation of Cultural Relics |
32/2 |
Chinese |
|
Conservation Materials and Environment |
32/2 |
Chinese |
|
History of Technology and Industrial Heritage |
32/2 |
Chinese |
|
Technology and Modern Society |
32/2 |
Chinese |
|
Spread of Scientific Culture |
32/2 |
Chinese |
|
Strategy and Policy for Development of Science and Technology |
32/2 |
Chinese |
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Subjects in Traditional Crafts Investigation |
32/2 |
Chinese |
|
Subjects in Science and Society |
32/2 |
Chinese |