University master's degrees
University Master's Degree in History of Science: History, Heritage and Scientific Communication New

An opportunity to explore the historical and social dimensions of science. We teach you how to carry out historical research and apply it to the professional fields of heritage and scientific communication

Official Master's Degree in History of Science: History, Heritage and Scientific Communication

Ideal student profile

Aimed at students with diverse backgrounds (science, humanities, social sciences, journalism, etc.) with a strong interest in the processes of construction, circulation, and management of scientific knowledge, as well as in the scientific-technological and sociocultural challenges of our societies, this new Master’s degree programme is characterised by its cross-disciplinary and flexible approach. Through theoretical and methodological learning, it provides tools that enable graduates to develop their careers both in the academic field and in other areas related to the management of scientific heritage and scientific communication.

In that sense, this Master’s degree programme can be applied in various professional areas, such as university teaching and research in the History of Science; teaching Science, History, Philosophy, and Humanities at different educational levels; the management of scientific heritage; archival and library science in scientific contexts; journalism and scientific communication, both in institutional and business settings; and science outreach in the publishing industry and the media.

Knowledge

  • Accurately describe stages, transformations and social, economic, political, professional and cultural dimensions of science throughout history.
  • Rigorously define the dimensions of gender, race, class, materiality, and power in the stages and transformations of science throughout history.
  • Accurately cite the plural views on the past of science and the associated problems of gender, race, class, materiality and power that have been developed by different authors and schools.
  • Indicate with precision knowledge and methodologies in the field of the history of science as a basis for proposing and developing research that integrates scientific and humanistic cultures.
  • Rigorously define the material culture of science and its historical dimensions in the processes of definition and management of scientific heritage.
  • Rigorously define the mechanisms of communication of scientific knowledge throughout history and in the current context.
  • Rigorously describe the dimensions of gender, race, class, materiality and power in the mechanisms of definition and management of scientific heritage.
  • Rigorously describe gender biases and inequalities of rights and opportunities in the mechanisms of communication of scientific knowledge.

Skills

  • Interpret historical sources of science, medicine and technology in accordance with the plural views on the past of science that have been developed by different historiographical schools, as well as in accordance with the methodologies that allow for an intersectional analysis of the processes of gender construction, racialisation and stratification into social classes.
  • Structure knowledge, methodologies and narratives in the field of the history of science for the development of an original, novel and interdisciplinary historiographic narrative that integrates scientific and humanistic cultures.
  • Apply knowledge and methodologies from the field of the history of science in the definition, interpretation and management of scientific heritage, incorporating the dimensions of gender, race, class, materiality and power.
  • Apply knowledge, narratives and methodologies from the fields of the history of science and communication in the design and development of projects and activities of scientific communication, incorporating the dimensions of gender, race, class, materiality and power.

Competences

  • Explain to specialised and non-specialised audiences historical sources of science rigorously located in their historical context.
  • Design research or argumentation in the history of science that pays attention to the challenges posed in today's world with respect to gender biases and inequalities of rights and opportunities.
  • To integrate knowledge and methodologies from the field of the history of science for the development of an original and interdisciplinary historiographical narrative that combines and promotes an effective dialogue between scientific and humanistic cultures.
  • Design projects for the identification and management of scientific heritage, evaluating different methodologies and historiographical schools.
  • Design scientific communication projects and activities based on different methodologies and historiographical schools.
  • Rigorously explain to specialised and non-specialised audiences the dimensions of gender, race, class, materiality, and power involved in the mechanisms of definition and management of scientific heritage.
  • Rigorously explain to specialised and non-specialised audiences gender biases and inequalities of rights and opportunities in the mechanisms for communicating scientific knowledge.