GSST 161: Gender and Science

← 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 →
← 2019-20 ← 2019-20 changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾ 2025-26 → 2025-26 →

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours

Catalog page 411

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 161 or GSST 161S.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Combined: GSST 161 / SEHE 123
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 40/40 40/40
2024-25 14/40 14/40
2023-24 25/30 25/30
2022-23 34/35 34/35
2021-22 27/30 27/30
2020-21 32/32 32/32
2019-20 30/30 30/30