Wikipedia talk:Education program archive/University of Oklahoma/HSCI 3463: Cold War Science (Spring 2014)/Course description

This course aims to present the history of offensive and defensive strategic weapons systems from 1945 to the present, examining the political and technological context in which they developed, and their connections to nuclear power and space exploration. Skills: critical reading; writing that emphasizes the reasoned defense of conclusions; gathering, evaluation and synthesis of information using print and electronic sources. This is an advanced humanities course: students are expected to be able to write essays, conduct independent research and read challenging books critically. Also this course presupposes a basic level of general knowledge about recent history.



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