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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHIL 327 - Race, Gender, Science

Credit(s): 3
RACE, GENDER, SCIENCE
Component: Lecture
Critically examines a number of metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical issues related to 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) relationship between everyday conceptions of race and gender as compared with scientific conceptions of race and gender, (e)ethical issues raised by human kind classification schemes.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with AFRA 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 Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
General Education Objectives:
GE1A: Read Critically GE1B: Analyze Arguments and Information GE1C: Engage in Constructive Ideation GE5C: Reason Scientifically