HIST 504

Spring 2024 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 16-May 1

Problems in the History of Science and Medicine

Credit: 4 hours.

Topics will be listed in the department's course guide at https://www.history.illinois.edu.

4 graduate hours. No professional credit. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

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HIST 504 class schedule data for spring 2024
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	43756	Discussion/ Recitation	A	1:00PM -2:50PM	W	307 David Kinley Hall	Sepkoski, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/24-05/01/24 Section Info: Description: The Science of Human Nature. This seminar will focus on the history of scientific ideas/debates about human difference—race, gender, sexuality, etc. We will read and discuss a variety of perspectives on this history, from the earliest theories of human biological difference to current debates in genomics and society. While the seminar will focus on secondary scholarship, we will also read selected primary sources. Students will have the option of either writing a historical “think piece” (essentially, a magazine-style essay that does not draw on original research) or a standard research paper drawing on primary sources (for students with research interests in this topic). Restriction(s): Not intended for Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.