For a quick answer: yes; our department, at UIC,
called "Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science,"
has offered a History of Mathematics course from time to time,
when a member of the faculty wanted to offer it.

It is pertinent that we offer a Doctor of Arts degree
(in addition to the standard PhD) and that some of
those D.A. students have done theses in the history of mathematics.

At 11:41 AM 12/8/2010, John Womack wrote:
>Can someone much more steeped than I am in the field of "the history of economics" explain the difference, if any, between this field and the history of economic thought?
>A related point, or opinion: So long as the economists who now dominate the profession in the realms of Judeo-Christian civilization continue to dominate it, they will think they are doing "science," their sense of which makes history irrelevant, simply a fuss over past error, a diversion from the quest for the ultimate function. Does any Physics or Math department offer courses in the history of Physics, or Math?

Martin C. Tangora
University of Illinois at Chicago
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