Course Details
Course offered Autumn 2025
HONORS 391 A: The Art of Understanding Science (A&H / SSc / NSc, W)
HONORS 391 A: The Art of Understanding Science (A&H / SSc / NSc, W)
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Email: kc314@uw.edu
Credits: 5
Limit: 25 students
Playwrights, poets, philosophers, filmmakers, sculptors and novelists all use the cosmos as their inspiration and subject matter; scientists themselves have worked in all of these genres in their efforts to communicate with the general public, and also with each other. The class will explore each of these forms, working in groups to showcase and share the multiple ways that physics, math, chemistry and life sciences have found their way into the arts (or, frequently, vice versa). Students will write reflections based on readings and viewings for each class; they will produce both a group project and a final project to be presented to their classmates: These can take the from of fiction, theater, film, extended essay, research paper (with an arts component), visual arts project. The scientific content must be accurate and deepen our understanding of the subject matter, providing original insights.