| Course Info | Class Number: 2087
This course will explore how ideas about sex and gender influence scientific understanding of human evolution. It examines how biological research has been influenced by social context and beliefs about evolution over time and the legacy of such interaction for research on biology and sex differences today. Topics will range from how Charles Darwin and his contemporaries were influenced by their social context, to current biological research and what the legacy of biases mean for how biological research on sex differences is done today. Focusing on the importance of who gets to do science, this course culminates with a study of social factors affecting and impeding gender diversity in biology and other STEM fields. Prerequisite: At least sophomore standing.
Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC), Inquiry into the Past (IP);, ; Haverford: Social Science (SO)
Enrollment Limit: 25; Lottery criteria: Anthropology majors/minors,
Gender & Sexuality minors, seniors, juniors, sophomores. |
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