Week 1: Introduction
Jan 9 Wed: No Section
Jan. 11 Fri: Section 1 – Introductions / Course Goals (Question Swarm 1)

Week 2: Prehistoric Science and Technology
Jan. 16 Wed: Section 2 – Gould, Kuhn, & Morgan (Group 1)
Jan. 18 Fri: Section 3 – Diamond 1 & Kafka (Question Swarm 2)

Week 3: Prehistoric Science and Technology cont.
Jan. 23 Wed: Section 4 – Diamond 2 (Group 2)
Jan. 25 Fri: Section 5 – Quest for Fire & Sundagger (Question Swarm 3)

Week 4: Science in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Jan. 30 Wed: Section 6 – Plato, Timaeus (Group 3)
Feb. 1 Fri: Section 7– Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” (Group 4)

Week 5: Ancient Science and Medieval Science
Feb. 6 Wed: Section 8 – Aristotle (Group 5)
Feb. 8 Fri: Section 9 – Hippocratic Oath (Question Swarm 5)

Course Reflection
Assign New Groups

Week 6: Middle Eastern Science and the Islamic World
Feb. 13 Wed: Section 10 – Sina (Group 6)
Feb. 14 Fri: Section 11 – Khaldun (Question Swarm 5)

Week 7: Eastern Science and Medicine
Feb. 20 Wed: Section 12 – Yellow Emperor 1 (Group 7)
Feb. 22 Fri: Section 13 – Yellow Emperor 2 (Question Swarm 6)

Week 8: Renaissance Science
Feb. 27 Wed: Section 14 – Gould, della Mirandola, & Swift (Group 8)
Feb. 29 Fri: Section 15 – Galileo (Question Swarm 7)

Week 9: The Scientific Revolution
Mar. 5 Wed: Section 16 – Bacon (Group 9)
Mar. 6 Fri: Section 17 – Descartes (Question Swarm 8)

Week 10: The Modern Cosmos
Mar. 12 Wed: Section 18 – Schiebinger (Group 10)
Mar. 14 Fri: Section 19 – Question Swarm 9