Graduate Courses

The courses listed below are provided by the JHU Public Course Search. This listing provides a snapshot of immediately available courses and may not be complete. Course registration information can be found on the Student Information Services (SIS) website.

Course # (Section)	Title	Day/Times	Instructor	Location	Term	Additional Details
AS.140.603 (01)	Environment and the Life Sciences	T 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Jiang, Lijing	Gilman 300	Spring 2026	Description: The graduate seminar surveys scholarly literature regarding the emergence and evolution of the environment as a concept or a perspective in modern life sciences since the mid-nineteenth century. From the physiological “milieu interieur” to the rise of ecology, from toxicology to epigenetics, it explored what social forces have shaped scientific understandings regarding what constitute an organism and its relevant environment, and how individual organisms became integrated, alienated, or became tools for research along with these understandings. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 10/12 Tags: n/a
AS.140.604 (01)	Reading and Writing the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology	W 1:30PM - 4:00PM	Comfort, Nathaniel	Gilman 300	Spring 2026	Description: A hands-on workshop, in which we will cover a lot of what "they never tell you," including close reading of primary sources; "distant" reading of secondary literature, writing an academic article, writing for wider audiences, reviewing scholarly books, and other topics by request. Students will develop at least one piece of writing for publication. Credits: 3.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 2/12 Tags: n/a
AS.140.642 (01)	Colloquium	Th 3:00PM - 4:50PM	Allen, Meagan Selby; McManus, Alison L	Gilman 300	Spring 2026	Description: Reports by faculty, students, and invited speakers. Credits: 2.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 5/20 Tags: n/a
AS.140.801 (01)	Directed Readings & Dissertation		Frumer, Yulia		Spring 2026	Description: Under the guidance of the faculty advisor, this course is for HST graduate students who are attending a directed readings course or preparing a dissertation. Credits: 3.00 - 10.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 7/7 Tags: n/a
AS.140.801 (02)	Directed Readings & Dissertation		Jiang, Lijing		Spring 2026	Description: Under the guidance of the faculty advisor, this course is for HST graduate students who are attending a directed readings course or preparing a dissertation. Credits: 3.00 - 10.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 7/7 Tags: n/a
AS.140.801 (03)	Directed Readings & Dissertation		McManus, Alison L		Spring 2026	Description: Under the guidance of the faculty advisor, this course is for HST graduate students who are attending a directed readings course or preparing a dissertation. Credits: 3.00 - 10.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 6/7 Tags: n/a
AS.140.801 (04)	Directed Readings & Dissertation		Leslie, Bill W		Spring 2026	Description: Under the guidance of the faculty advisor, this course is for HST graduate students who are attending a directed readings course or preparing a dissertation. Credits: 3.00 - 10.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.140.801 (06)	Directed Readings & Dissertation		Principe, Lawrence		Spring 2026	Description: Under the guidance of the faculty advisor, this course is for HST graduate students who are attending a directed readings course or preparing a dissertation. Credits: 3.00 - 10.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.140.801 (07)	Directed Readings & Dissertation		Portuondo, Maria M		Spring 2026	Description: Under the guidance of the faculty advisor, this course is for HST graduate students who are attending a directed readings course or preparing a dissertation. Credits: 3.00 - 10.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.140.801 (08)	Directed Readings & Dissertation		Allen, Meagan Selby		Spring 2026	Description: Under the guidance of the faculty advisor, this course is for HST graduate students who are attending a directed readings course or preparing a dissertation. Credits: 3.00 - 10.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.140.888 (01)	Dissertation Research		Frumer, Yulia		Spring 2026	Description: For graduate students in the History of Science and Technology Department Only. Credits: 20.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 7/7 Tags: n/a
AS.140.888 (02)	Dissertation Research		Jiang, Lijing		Spring 2026	Description: For graduate students in the History of Science and Technology Department Only. Credits: 20.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 7/7 Tags: n/a
AS.140.888 (03)	Dissertation Research		McManus, Alison L		Spring 2026	Description: For graduate students in the History of Science and Technology Department Only. Credits: 20.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.140.888 (06)	Dissertation Research		Principe, Lawrence		Spring 2026	Description: For graduate students in the History of Science and Technology Department Only. Credits: 20.00 Status: Closed Seats Available: 3/5 Tags: n/a
AS.360.605 (01)	Introduction to Computational Methods for the Humanities	TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM	Lippincott, Tom; Sirin Ryan, Hale	Bloomberg 168	Spring 2026	Description: This course introduces basic computational techniques in the context of empirical humanistic scholarship. Topics covered include the command-line, basic Python programming, and experimental design. While illustrative examples are drawn from humanistic domains, the primary focus is on methods: those with specific domains in mind should be aware that such applied research is welcome and exciting, but will largely be their responsibility beyond the confines of the course. Students will come away with tangible understanding of how to cast simple humanistic questions as empirical hypotheses, ground and test these hypotheses computationally, and justify the choices made while doing so. No previous programming experience is required. Credits: 3.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.360.606 (01)	Computational Intelligence for the Humanities	TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM	Messner, Craig A	Bloomberg 168	Spring 2026	Description: This course introduces substantial machine learning methods of particular relevance to humanistic scholarship. Areas covered include standard models for classification, regression, and topic modeling, before turning to the array of open-source pretrained deep neural models, and the common mechanisms for employing them. Students are expected to have a level of programming experience equivalent to that gained from AS.360.304, Gateway Computing, AS.250.205, or Harvard’s CS50 for Python. Students will come away with an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different machine learning models, the ability to discuss them in relation to human intelligence and to make informed decisions of when and how to employ them, and an array of related technical knowledge. Credits: 3.00 Status: Canceled Seats Available: 10/10 Tags: n/a
AS.140.808 (01)	Graduate Independent Research		Frumer, Yulia		Summer 2026	Description: Independent research for graduate students in the History of Science and Technology Department only. Credits: 9.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 11/15 Tags: n/a
AS.140.601 (01)	Methods in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology	T 4:30PM - 6:45PM	Frumer, Yulia	Gilman 300	Fall 2026	Description: Constructing histories of science, technology, and medicine is a craft. It is a practice of knowledge production, an engagement with empirical evidence, and an attentiveness to the limitations of our sources. As a graduate student, having a great topic and a brilliant mind is not enough. One needs to learn the tools of the profession, master disciplinary methods, and develop personal habits that make scholarly work effective, sustainable, and enjoyable. This seminar focuses on the how-to aspect of science, medicine, and technology studies. We will ask and answer questions such as: How do I find an archive? What if I don’t have an archive? What if questions I find interesting cannot be answered in an archive? Can I rely on digital databases? Should I do something with DH? How do I keep writing if my mind is blank? How do I find that quote I saw somewhere three years ago? We will take a deep dive into various histories of science, technology, and medicine created by scholars working with different kind of materials, different methodologies, and different theoretical underpinnings. We will learn about various sources available to scholars of science, medicine, and technology, explore methods to investigate those sources, master the practical skills of research, and develop individual practices of day-to-day scholarly work. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 14/15 Tags: n/a
AS.140.641 (01)	Departmental Colloquium	Th 3:00PM - 4:50PM	Allen, Meagan Selby; McManus, Alison L	Gilman 300	Fall 2026	Description: Reports by staff members, students, and invited speakers. Credits: 2.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 19/20 Tags: n/a
AS.140.686 (01)	About Time! Temporality, Science, Medicine and Colonialism	M 4:30PM - 6:45PM	Ragab, Ahmed	Gilman 413	Fall 2026	Description: What is time? How does time function in the making of science, technology and medicine? How did the meaning of time change through colonial encounter and through postcolonial economies of knowledge? This course will investigate the meanings and articulations of time and temporality in the context of scientific and medical knowledge and practice. The course will also investigate how colonial history impacts the production of time. Credits: 3.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 13/15 Tags: n/a
AS.140.801 (01)	Directed Readings & Dissertation		Frumer, Yulia		Fall 2026	Description: Under the guidance of the faculty advisor, this course is for HST graduate students who are attending a directed readings course or preparing a dissertation. Credits: 3.00 - 10.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.140.801 (02)	Directed Readings & Dissertation		Jiang, Lijing		Fall 2026	Description: Under the guidance of the faculty advisor, this course is for HST graduate students who are attending a directed readings course or preparing a dissertation. Credits: 3.00 - 10.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.140.801 (03)	Directed Readings & Dissertation		Li, Lan		Fall 2026	Description: Under the guidance of the faculty advisor, this course is for HST graduate students who are attending a directed readings course or preparing a dissertation. Credits: 3.00 - 10.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.140.801 (04)	Directed Readings & Dissertation		Leslie, Bill W		Fall 2026	Description: Under the guidance of the faculty advisor, this course is for HST graduate students who are attending a directed readings course or preparing a dissertation. Credits: 3.00 - 10.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.140.801 (06)	Directed Readings & Dissertation		Principe, Lawrence		Fall 2026	Description: Under the guidance of the faculty advisor, this course is for HST graduate students who are attending a directed readings course or preparing a dissertation. Credits: 3.00 - 10.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.140.801 (07)	Directed Readings & Dissertation		Portuondo, Maria M		Fall 2026	Description: Under the guidance of the faculty advisor, this course is for HST graduate students who are attending a directed readings course or preparing a dissertation. Credits: 3.00 - 10.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.140.888 (01)	Dissertation Research		Frumer, Yulia		Fall 2026	Description: For graduate students in the History of Science and Technology Department Only. Credits: 20.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.140.888 (02)	Dissertation Research		Jiang, Lijing		Fall 2026	Description: For graduate students in the History of Science and Technology Department Only. Credits: 20.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.140.888 (04)	Dissertation Research		Leslie, Bill W		Fall 2026	Description: For graduate students in the History of Science and Technology Department Only. Credits: 20.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.140.888 (06)	Dissertation Research		Principe, Lawrence		Fall 2026	Description: For graduate students in the History of Science and Technology Department Only. Credits: 20.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a
AS.140.888 (07)	Dissertation Research		McManus, Alison L		Fall 2026	Description: For graduate students in the History of Science and Technology Department Only. Credits: 20.00 Status: Open Seats Available: 5/5 Tags: n/a