University Master's Degree in History of Science: Science, History and Society

This master's degree offers one external work placement in the specialisation of Communication, Heritage and History of Science.

As part of the professional orientation of the master's degree, this placement involves the management, preservation, conservation, study and dissemination/communication of science and its heritage. It will help students to gain experience and apply their knowledge, and will take place over approximately nine weeks, between February and May, 2014.

Among the places where the placements can be done are the Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia in Terrassa, the Museum of History of Medicine of Catalonia, the TV3 programme "Què, qui, com", the magazine "Investigación y Ciencia", and the Barcelona Ateneu (cultural centre).

The students will be involved in generating, documenting, editing and/or distributing scientific and technological content, probably in relation to the specific projects being developed in the placement period.

Students have to write a final report or essay that clearly covers all the work done and its relationship to the professional and academic objectives of this master's degree.


 

Objectives:

1. The SCHCT wishes to lend its support to graduate students of history of science, technology and medicine: those who will go on, as professionals, to shape the future of this discipline.
2. The SCHCT wishes to promote learning of history of science through the two master's degrees currently being taught in the Catalan-speaking territories: “Science, History, Society” and “History of Science and Scientific Communication”.
3. The SCHCT is interested in encouraging students to combine high-quality historical research with scientific communication projects in the fields of journalism, communication, museology or tourism.
4. The SCHCT determines that the amount of €3,200 shall be set aside annually, from which four prizes of €800 shall be shared by a maximum of four students of the master's degrees in Barcelona and Valencia-Alicante.
5. The SCHCT will make the corresponding call for entries on its website, social networks and the online mailing lists used in its professional and geographic area.

1. The SCHCT awards the Catalan Society of History of Science and Technology (SCHCT) Prizes for final dissertations in the master's degree in History of Science dealing with history of science, medicine and technology and closely related to science journalism, museums, scientific heritage and other forms of communication.
2. The SCHCT board of directors will appoint the jury for these prizes and announce this on its website. The SCHCT, where necessary throughout the award process, will procure maximum collaboration and participation on the part of the master's degree coordinators.
3. 4 prizes of €800 will be awarded. The jury may declare the prizes void. The prizes may be subject to income tax deductions.
4. Candidates for the prizes must have successfully completed one of the following master's degrees in the last three years: “Science, History, Society” and “History of Science and Scientific Communication”.
5. Candidates must submit the following documents: personal academic certificate, brief academic CV, master's dissertation, and a short text explaining the reasons for choosing the topic of the dissertation. These should be sent by email to: schct@iec.cat with the header: “PremiSCHCT2015_participantname”. The deadline for submitting the documents is 8 p.m. on Friday 30 October, 2016.
6. The SCHCT will determine the calendar for choosing the winners and awarding the prizes, and will announce these on its website. Payment of the prize lapses on 19 July 2017.
7. The submission of entries under this call signifies the acceptance of these rules.