To be alive today is to be confronted
by products of Science. Important though the products of Science
may be, perhaps what is more significant is the scientific
method itself, proceeding as it does from empirical observation
to theory, to modification of theory in the light of further
evidence.
Quantum Leaps introduces some of the
giants of Science and examines their achievements: the men
and women who, often in the face of extreme scepticism or
worse, have striven and succeeded in pushing back the boundaries
of human knowledge.
This course will develop and enhance
the students' critical thinking, research, problem solving
and writing skills. Delivered in the lecture/seminar format,
students will be required to work on a major project which
will entail exploring a critical issue and the scientists
related to this issue. Students will then be required to present
their findings in either a written report, a multimedia format
or even in a debate format. |
