SCIENCE, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY

Undergraduate

This course considers three centuries of modern Western science as it has been imagined and practised in Europe, initially, and eventually the rest of the globe. It especially considers the relationships between contemporary science and its socio-cultural contexts; discrepancies between the ideal of Science and its actual practice; the role of gender, class, and race in the production of scientific knowledge; and some important debates within the field of science studies, such as the place of subjectivity and objectivity, or whether science is universal or dependent on time, place and field of study. PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050 or Sociology 1010 Three hours a week