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Biological Sciences
Description: This course provides an overview of the history of science with a specific focus on underrepresented scientists, and the conflicts and controversies that arose from systemic and institutionalized racism and sexism in science. Scientific inquiry has been carried out by individuals and collaborations that encompass the wide diversity of people in the world, but historically the scientific community has elevated the achievements and research of white males, sometimes to the extent that underrepresented scientists are not given credit for their thoughts and work. This course will highlight the achievements of such underrepresented scientists while investigating the history of the systemic discrimination that has led to the "whitewashing" of STEM fields. This course will foster an understanding of how the STEM fields have systemically contributed to discrimination through the suppression of individuals, ideas, and discoveries. Through readings, discussion, and individual and collaborative research, students will explore the intersection of scientific and socio-political systems. Students will develop a deeper understanding of how scientific inquiry functions within real-world systems of oppression, assimilation, and cultural diversity. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
No sections currently offered.
Course Attributes:
Biological Sciences
Term : Winter 2025
Catalog Year : 2025-2026
BIO 110 - The Hidden History Of Science
Description: This course provides an overview of the history of science with a specific focus on underrepresented scientists, and the conflicts and controversies that arose from systemic and institutionalized racism and sexism in science. Scientific inquiry has been carried out by individuals and collaborations that encompass the wide diversity of people in the world, but historically the scientific community has elevated the achievements and research of white males, sometimes to the extent that underrepresented scientists are not given credit for their thoughts and work. This course will highlight the achievements of such underrepresented scientists while investigating the history of the systemic discrimination that has led to the "whitewashing" of STEM fields. This course will foster an understanding of how the STEM fields have systemically contributed to discrimination through the suppression of individuals, ideas, and discoveries. Through readings, discussion, and individual and collaborative research, students will explore the intersection of scientific and socio-political systems. Students will develop a deeper understanding of how scientific inquiry functions within real-world systems of oppression, assimilation, and cultural diversity. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
No sections currently offered.
Course Attributes:
- LS: U.S. Ethnic Diversity
- GS: U.S. Ethnic Diversity
- GS: Social & Political Worlds
- GS: Social & Political Worlds + US Ethnic
- LS: Social & Political Worlds + US Ethnic
- LS: Social and Political Worlds