Western Culture: Science, Technology, Philosophy II
Examines major developments in Western science and technology from the 17th to early 20th century within their philosophical and social contexts.
Summary
Historical reviews of Catherine Jackson, Devin Kennedy: Workload involves reading and discussion participation, with quizzes or midterms focused on lecture big ideas that are considered easy if students attend class.
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapNot open to students with credit forHIST SCI 202 or 404
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Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Lynn Nyhart: Lynn Nyhart is described as helpful and organized, though some find her lectures boring or hard to follow. One reviewer criticized her grading as inconsistent and subjective, while others noted she does not administer midterms.
CATHERINE JACKSON is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
DEVIN KENNEDY is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
LYNN K. NYHART is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
RICHARD A STALEY is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of Catherine Jackson, Devin Kennedy: Recent reviews for Catherine Jackson and Devin Kennedy describe a generally accessible course with engaging lectures and manageable workloads, though Kennedy's feedback quality is disputed.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.54 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=72 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 93.5% A/AB (n=31 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 92.1% A/AB (n=38 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Catherine Jackson, Devin Kennedy: Workload involves reading and discussion participation, with quizzes or midterms focused on lecture big ideas that are considered easy if students attend class.
Historical reviews of Catherine Jackson, Devin Kennedy: Students appreciate passionate instruction and relevant content, but some find Kennedy's assignment feedback insufficient and discussions inadequate for full credit.
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Grades
Fall 2026 · Projected
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About this estimate
The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 recent terms, weighted toward recent results.
The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.
5 earlier forecasts · 0.09 GPA average error.
Grades over time
Through Fall 2026
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About this comparison
1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.
Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.
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Student reviews
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Model & dataset provenance
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