Science (SCIE) 326 |
Delivery mode: | Individualized study. |
Credits: | 3 - Science |
Prerequisite: | Twelve credits of university-level science courses including at least six credits in courses with lab components. |
Centre: | Centre for Science |
Challenge for Credit: | SCIE 326 has a Challenge for Credit option. |
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This course deals with both the formal and informal aspects of scientific reasoning. Topics covered include: what is science? what is reason? the scientific method; relations between theory and experiment; scientific paradigms; explanation and prediction; what is a scientific theory? principles of reasoning; systems of analytical reasoning; tools for analysis (Venn diagrams, classification, syllogisms, Boolean logic); statistical inference; traps and fallacies of reason; mathematics in science.
To receive credit for SCIE 326, students must achieve a course composite grade of at least "D" (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
2 Essays (20% each) | Mid-term Exam | Final Exam | Total |
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40% | 30% | 30% | 100% |
Derry, Gregory N. What Science Is and How It Works. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999.
Goldstein, Martin, and Inge Goldstein. The Experience of Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach. New York: Plenum, 1984.
Lee, Jeffrey A. The Scientific Endeavor: A Primer on Scientific Principles and Practice. San Francisco: Addison Wesley Longman, 2000.
Lessing, Doris. Prisons We Choose to Live Inside. New York: Harper and Row, 1986.
Toulmin, Stephen E. Foresight and Understanding: An Enquiry into the Aims of Science. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1961.
The course materials include two study guides and a student manual.