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Professor:                          
Noretta Koertge                           
104 Goodbody Hall                        
koertge@indiana.edu                    
855-3622 (HPSc office) 

Office Hours: 
By appointment; e-mail queries are also very welcome!                                                      

Required Textbooks:
- Carey, Stephen S., A Beginner's Guide to Scientific Method (3rd ed.)
- Drake, Stillman, Galileo: A Very Short Introduction
- Nuland, Sherwood:The Doctors' Plague
- Koertge, Noretta: The Nature of Scientific Inquiry (web)

 

- Readings on the Library E-Reserves:
http://ereserves.indiana.edu/eres/coursepage.aspx?cid=7302
Password: Posted on Oncourse

Course Requirements:
- Regular attendance (three unexcused absences)
- Keep up with the readings
- Participation in discussions
- Weekly written assignments or quizzes
- Four hour exams and one final

Grading:
- 20% for weekly assignments
- 70% for exams
- 10% for class participation

Policies:
- Late homework will be accepted with an official excuse.
- You are encouraged to study together, but no copying is allowed on written homework assignments or exams.
- All assignments will be either sent by e-mail or posted on the web. It is your responsibility to check your e-mail and the web site at least every week.

Overview of course with core readings:

- Unit I:  Overview of Scientific Method (NK Study Guide: Lessons 1-3; NK Text (web): Chapters 1-3; Carey: Chapters 1, 2)

- Unit II: Galileo Case Study (NK Study Guide: Lessons 6-8; NK Text (web): Chapters 4, 6; Carey: Chapters 3; Drake booklet; Galileo (web): “Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina)

- Unit III: Basic Statistical Methods (Carey: Chapters 4-5, Giere (web): Chapter 9, ?)

- Unit IV: Semmelweis Case Study (NK Study Guide: Lesson 4; Nuland book; Semmelweis (web): Excerpt)

- Unit V: Examples of Pseudoscience (Carey: Chapter 6; And ??)