Program Information:

HPSTM is tailored to each student's interests. Students choose coursework and a research project with a help of an advisor chosen from the program committee and possibly also other HPSTM faculty. The ultimate goal of the program is to allow students to explore from their particular intellectual perspective the relationship of the sciences, technology, and medicine to humanistic forms of knowledge. Students generally apply to the program after having been admitted by the Graduate School to one of the participating departments, principally though not exclusively History and Philosophy. Students completing requirements for the program graduate with a statement on their transcript indicating their concentration in HPSTM. In addition, students may participate in the HPSTM program on a non-degree basis.

Program Requirements

The HPSTM core graduate seminar is taught annually as a cross-listed course in History and Philosophy (PHIL 235S/HIST 299S). This course provides an integrated introduction to the nature of science and scientific change, with the particular focus changing from year to year; One elective HPSTM seminar or directed readings course in the history of science, technology or medicine; One elective HPSTM seminar or directed readings course in the philosophy of science or the history of the philosophy of science; One elective HPSTM seminar or directed readings course relevant to the student's research interests; The Capstone Essay, submitted to the HPSTM Certificate Advisory Committee on a HPSTM-related topic. This essay could include material from the student's Master's thesis or Ph.D. dissertation, but could also be a project that is independent of this work.