starting in October 2009?

This page provides information for incoming students - those beginning their studies in October 2009.

Registration is managed by Imperial College London. New students should receive in the post information about registration, tuition, and arrival. Halls of residence information also should arrive separately.
> information for new students at Imperial College | UCL

If you have any questions about starting, contact the Centre's administator:
Mrs Lesley Harris
telephone: +44 (0)20 7594 5220
email: lesley.harris@imperial.ac.uk

Getting started

Our induction programme begins Tuesday 6 October, with additional events planned earlier by Imperial College.

>London Centre's induction programme
preliminary programme | location for first Tuesday session
>London Centre's student handbook
preliminary edition

During the Autumn, all students undertake our "core" course module.

>lectures begin on 8 October, running M, Tu, Th, F from 14:00-16:00
UCL is the venue for lectures on M, Tu
ICL is the venue for lectures on Th, F

>which lectures should you attend?
full-time students attend all lectures
part-time students attend M, Th lectures in their first year
part-time students attend Tu, F lectures in their second year

>want to start early?
readings form a central part of the core course module.
Lecture 1 (1P) (Th 8 Oct): a bit of James Watson's The Double Helix (pdf)
Lecture 2 (1H) (F 9 Oct): chapters 1 and 2 from Andrew Gregory's Eureka! (pdf)
part-time students, please note: for this one week only we switch the perspective and historical lectures, so PT1 students come Friday, PT2 students come Thursday. All other weeks follow the schedule above.

Preparation

We often are asked by incoming students for a reading list of works they might use to prepare. These volumes illustrate the types of studies we'll be using. They are meant to be representative; something of a 'warm-up exercise'. Another approach to preparation might be reading some of the books produced by teaching staff in the London Centre.

Chalmers, Alan. 1999. What is this Thing called Science?

Collins, Harry and Trevor Pinch. 1993. The Golem: What Everyone Should Know About Science

Dear, Peter. 2001. Revolutionizing the Sciences

Dear, Peter. 2006. The Intelligibility of Nature: How Science Makes Sense of the World

Dixon, Thomas. 2008. A Very Short Introduction to Science and Religion
(Dixon is a alumnus of the London Centre)

Harrison, Mark. 2004. Disease and the Modern World: 1500 to the present day

Schiebinger, Londa. 1999. Has Feminism Changed Science?

Yearley, Steve. 2005. Making Sense of Science: Understanding the Social Study of Science