HIST 364

Spring 2023 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 17-May 3

The Science of Human Nature

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Credit: 3 hours.

Examines the history of scientific arguments about race, heredity, gender, and human biological difference. We will explore the historical, cultural, and ethical dimensions of biological thought through a discussion of topics including racial typology, eugenics, intelligence testing, modern genetic theory, sex and gender, and the human genome project.

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HIST 364 class schedule data for spring 2023
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	74138	Lecture-Discussion	A	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	119 English Building	Chettiar, T	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/23-05/03/23 Section Info: Description: What makes human beings as a species different from other animals, and what makes individual humans different from one another? Over the past 200 years, questions of human difference related to race, gender, sexuality, ability, age, class, and culture have been the focus of scientific inquiry. This course explores how and why this happened, looking at developments in human scientific study and debate (in fields such as medicine, biology, psychology, and anthropology) as well as their complex cultural, political, and ethical dimensions from the 19th to the 21st century. Topics for discussion will include racial typology and slavery; intelligence testing and eugenics; global warfare and responses to disability; sex surveys’ impact on gender and sexual non-conformity; and neurodiversity and efforts toward inclusion in the 21st century.