Daniel J. Kevles Program Chair Hall of Graduate Studies, Room 201 320 York St New Haven, CT 06511 Office Phone: 203.432.1356 Email: daniel.kevles@yale.edu Susan E. Lederer Undergraduate Advisor HSHM Senior Essay Director Sterling Hall of Medicine, Room L-126 333 Cedar Street New Haven, CT 06510 Office Phone: 203-785-4338 Email: susan.lederer@yale.edu Barbara McKay Undergraduate Registrar Hall of Graduate Studies, Room 207 320 York St New Haven, CT 06511 Office Phone: 203.432.1365 Email: barbara.mckay@yale.edu

The Historical Medical Library, Yale School of Medicine

History of Science, History of Medicine (HSHM) is an interdisciplinary program of study within the History Department that leads toward an understanding of the development of science and medicine and their impact on society. It explores intellectual and cultural traditions, institutions and actors, techniques, and practices; the social uses of science and medicine; the creation of science-based technologies; and the relations of science, medicine, and public health to the state. The program offers students considering a career in medicine, public health, or other fields of health care a way of combining the requirements of their preprofessional training with a broad liberal education. It also provides excellent preparation for many other careers in which a contextualized understanding of science and medicine is essential, including areas of law, industry, journalism, museum work, public policy, and government, as well as graduate study in the history of science and/or medicine.

For additional information about the major, including curricular requirements, the teaching faculty, and courses offered, see the online Yale College Programs of Study at http://www.yale.edu/yalecollege/publications/ycps/chapter_iv/history_of_science.html.

Official Yale College program and course information is found in Yale College Programs of Study, available on line at http://www.yale.edu/yalecollege/publications/ycps/

The Major’s Undergraduate Advisor. The principal faculty contact for prospective HSHM majors is the Undergraduate Advisor. The Advisor in 2006/2007 is Professor Susan Lederer, whose office is L126 in the Sterling Hall of Medicine, at 333 Cedar St. She can be reached by email (susan.lederer@yale.edu) and by phone (785-4338). Students interested in obtaining information about the HSHM major or who wish to register for it should contact Professor Lederer. Professor Lederer is the advisor for all sophomores in the major.

Individual Faculty Advisors. At the beginning of the academic year, juniors and seniors majoring in HSHM will be assigned to individual faculty advisors. They should seek the advice of their advisor in choosing their courses and constructing their course of study. Students are to have their course cards signed by these advisors at the beginning of each term. Undergraduate advisors for juniors and seniors are ordinarily drawn from the HSHM’s core faculty and affiliates. For a list of the faculty and their specialties, see http://www.yale.edu/hshm/faculty-core.htm.

Senior Essays. The senior essay is one of the intellectually exciting and challenging experiences of the undergraduate major. History is more than past events; it is also the discipline of historical inquiry, including the digging for evidence from the past, the careful evaluation of results, and the written presentation of reasonable conclusions derived from them. To experience history as a discipline, a student must grapple at first hand with the problems and rigors involved in this kind of systematic investigation and exposition. The HSHM undergraduate program therefore requires each of its majors to present a historical essay on a subject of the student's choice to the program in the senior year.

The HSHM Senior Essays are overseen by the Senior Essay Director. In 2006/2007, Professor Susan Lederer is the Senior Essay Director, as well as the Undergraduate Adviser. In early September, the Senior Essay Director will host an orientation meeting about the senior essays that all seniors are required to attend. Details as to time, date, and location of the meeting can be found in the Blue Book. Seniors receive course credit for satisfactory completion of their departmental essays by enrolling in HSHM 490a and 491b.

Each student will write the senior essay under the guidance of an individual faculty advisor. Again, for a list of the faculty and their specialties see: http://yale.edu/hshm/faculty-core.htm. Students are encouraged to begin thinking about the selection of an advisor in the spring of the junior year. The range of acceptable senior-essay topics is wide. The requirements and timetable for the Senior Essay in HSHM are spelled out in the Senior Essay Handbook, which is available online at: http://www.yale.edu/history/senior-essay.html [to be moved in due course to the HSHM undergrad web site and modified to suit HSHM majors]

HSHM Registrar. The HSHM Registrar is Ms.Barbara McKay (barbara.mckay@yale.edu) Her office is in 207 HGS and her phone number is: 432-1365. Students may consult her or the Undergraduate Advisor about their records in the major, progress toward the completion of requirements for graduation, or other similar matters.