BIOL40183
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Examining Eugenics, Race, and Modern Biology
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Long Description (Catalog Description)
Prerequisites: BIOL 30603 and BIOL 30403 OR Instructor Permission. This course critically engages the historical eugenics movement in the United States and its precursors in the broader Western scientific tradition with attention to current and future advancements in biology. Students will employ a combination of scientific and ethical analysis to interrogate social/political and biological claims about inherited traits and race that were dominant in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Students will further analyze contemporary advancements in biology while applying ethical lessons from the past.
Career
Undergraduate
Grading Basis
OPT - Student Option
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeat for Credit
No
Number Of Repeats
1
Code
LEC
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Lecture