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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

AFRA 327 - Race, Gender, Science

Credit(s): 3
RACE, GENDER, SCIENCE
Component: Lecture
Critically examines a number of metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical issues related to the science of race, gender, and sexual orientation. Topics may include (a) evolution of sex and gender, (b) gender and cognition, (c) biological basis (or lack thereof) of sexual orientation/preference (d) evolutionary, cognitive, historical, and political origins of race thinking, (d) relationships between everyday conceptions of race and gender as compared with scientific conceptions of race and gender, and (e) ethical issues raised by humankind classification schemes.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: Crosslisted with PHIL 327 , CGSC 327 WOMS 327 .
University Breadth: Creative Arts and Humanities College of Arts and Sciences Breadth: GROUP A: A&S Creative Arts & Humanities Requirement Designations: Multicultural
General Education Objectives:
GE1A: Read Critically GE1B: Analyze Arguments and Information GE1C: Engage in Constructive Ideation GE5C: Reason Scientifically