GSST 161S: Gender and Science

2020-21 2021-22 →
changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾ 2025-26 → 2025-26 →

Units: 5

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 3 hours

Catalog page 369

Prerequisites: GSST 001 or GSST 001H or GSST 001S; GSST 020 or GSST 020H or GSST 020S or GSST 021

Description: Focuses on the intersections of Western constructions of gender and scientific knowledge since the sixteenth century. Considers the cultural and political roles of the scientist in terms of gender; the structuring of objectivity and objects of study; the status of scientific knowledge; and the emergence of feminist science studies.

Credit: Credit is awarded for one of the following GSST 161S or GSST 161.

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