PSYC 050 - Human Nature

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University of Pennsylvania

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May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Science studies. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. Freshman Seminar. A seminar on the natural heritage of our species, based on historically ordered original sources and active weekly discussion. Seven perspectives from western civilization will progress from earlier mythological, literary, and philosophical sources to the scientific paradigm of inquiry into basic human nature. Exemplars will be drawn from antiquity, the later Greco-Roman period, the medieval era, the Enlightenment, the mid-nineteenth century, the early twentieth century, and the present time. Students should have : 1) fluent command of oral and written English; 2) curiosity about natural science in liberal education; 3) serious intellectual commitments.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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