Education Maastricht

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Universiteit Maastricht (*1976)

Faculteit der Cultuur- en Maatschappijwetenschappen Bachelor Cultuurwetenschappen / Arts & Culture (Vakken woorden in Nederlands en Engels aangeboden. Zie hier voor meer informatie)

• Kennis en Kritiek / Knowledge and Criticism (1ste jaar: achtweekse cursus, 10 ECTS)
  • Onderwerp: De rol van wetenschap in de westerse cultuur, a.h.v. Wetenschappelijke Revolutie, Verlichting en Romantiek. Wetenschapsgeschiedenis voor alfa-studenten / The role of science in Western culture, focussing on the Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment and Romanticism. History of science for humanities students.
  • Docent: Geert Somsen
• Major Kennis en technologische cultuur (2 vakken, thesis)

• Major Cultures of Knowledge and Technology (2 vakken, thesis)

Master European studies of Society, Science and Technology (zie hier voor meer informatie)

• Introduction in Society, Science and Technology Studies (3 week course, 6 ECTS)
  • Subject: This course aims to provide an advanced introduction into the field of Science and Technology Studies.
  • Docent: J. Mesman
• Science and Technology in the Making: Entering the World of the Laboratory (3 week course, 6 ECTS)
  • Subject: Students will be introduced to the way experimental research programs are set up and how they involve negotiations, translations of interests, and have political as well as cultural relevance. The anthropological perspective of science that we will use, involves a close look at the actual way scientists work in constructing facts and artifacts.
  • Docent: J. Mesman
• Interpreting the History of Science and Technology (3 week course, 6 ECTS)
  • Subject: Interpretative issues in the historiography of science and technology (Scientific Revolution; Industrial Revolution).
  • Docent: Geert Somsen
• Science and Technology Dynamics (3 weeks course, 6 ECTS)
  • Provides the students with an understanding and appreciation of the innovation process as viewed from the evolutionary, institutional, and systems- based perspectives and how this understanding may be applied in critical examination of STS-related areas of interest.
  • Docent: S. Parto
• Politics of Knowledge (3 weeks course, 6 ects)
  • Subject: The course is meant to introduce students into the analysis of the political dimensions and implications of science and technology in contemporary societies.
  • Docent: J.D. Lachmund

Research Master Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology (2 years)

• Zie hier voor meer informatie.