Historical development of scientific understanding traced from earliest records to modern times revealing the nature of scientific inquiry, the methods of scientific inquiry, the methods of scientific creativity, and the implications of enlightenment in science for society. Science in representative periods of human development and interactions between science and human progress are considered. May be taken as SS 3480. Perspectives integrated: HIST, SCIE. Falls and Springs. Prerequisite(s): junior status. (INTG)(INCO)