Theory of science (for Human-Technology-Design)

Course overview

  • Course codeFPPU010
  • ECTS credits3
  • DepartmentINDUSTRIAL AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
  • Graduate schoolHuman-Technology-Design
  • PeriodicityEvery 2nd year, Autumn odd numbered years Next 2019, start october
  • LanguageEnglish
  • ApplicationContact the course coordinator

Course coordinator

About the course

Start date autumn 2019.
The course is organised as a series of seminars:

  • Seminar 1-3: Basic terms and aspects of theory of science.
  • Seminarie 4: The history of theory of science
  • Seminarie 5: How the research areas of the students relates to theory of science
  • Seminarie 6: The students presents their research and how it relates to theory of science. The student also writes a short paper about this, intended to be included in licentiate or doctoral thesis .

In preparation for seminar 1-4 some literature needs to be read.

The course is given in English or Swedish, depending on the participants.

More information

pontus.wallgren@chalmers.se

Lecturer

Oskar Rexfelt, Pontus Wallgren