Technology, Science, and Environment

Resources at University of Maryland

The University of Maryland, College Park, is home to many programs and departments offering classes and degrees of interest to both undergraduate and graduate students in the history of technology.

College Park Scholars, the University's community of living-learning programs for academically talented first- and second-year undergraduate students, offers a program in Science, Technology, and Society.

Any undergraduate may earn the University Certificate in Science, Technology and Society.

Undergraduate students enrolled in the Gemstone Program in the College of Engineering also study the intersections of science, technology, and society.

The Graduate Program in Historic Preservation offers an M.A. degree in this dynamic field.

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering maintains a Distinguished Lecture Series on the History of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Resources - Local

Metropolitan Washington, D.C. is ideally suited for study in the history of technology. The University of Maryland is located within easy transportation of a host of institutions with unparalleled resources in American history and in the history of technology and related fields

College Park is home to rich campus resources as well as major research institutions such as the National Archives and the American Institute of Physics. "Archives II," located on the edge of the College Park campus, is the primary storage and research facility for the records of the federal govement. Of particular interest to scholars in the history of technology are records of the U.S. Patent Office, of regulatory agencies, and of scientific and technical institutes (such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology). The headquarters of the American Institute of Physics is located a short walk from campus. Its Niels Bohr Library is one of the primary research establishments for the history of physics (including applied physics) in the United States.

Downtown Washington, a short subway ride from campus, hosts many of the nation's most important historical research centers, including the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian, in particular, represents an especially valuable resource for scholars in the history of technology, through both its collections and its extensive scholarly staff.

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