SCISOC 257S
Science and Society: Science and the Public
Misha Angrist
Description from DukeHub
This course uses a series of case studies in history and philosophy of science and their contemporary resonances in experimental natural, social and life sciences to interrogate how scientific knowledge is produced, analyzed, disseminated, and received. Introductory course for the Science and the Public Certificate.
Skills
- writingdescription: "writing" and 1 more
AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- No: Live work with people
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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