This course introduces students to basic precepts of scientific knowledge and thinking and assesses how the scientific worldview has revolutionized our lives individually and collectively on a global scale. Via an interdisciplinary approach it explores topics such as the implications of a scientific worldview, scientific knowledge and literacy, science and religion, Indigenous knowledge systems and modern science, technology and ethical dilemmas, science and the environment, and science and the future. (Students cannot receive credit for both RCLP3043 and LEAD3043). |