Sci 347U Science, Gender, and Social Context I

Two-term course explores the strengths and limitations of science to describe and predict nature through laboratory and field investigations. These activities will illustrate the transition from a reductionist view of our natural environment to a systems-oriented view. It will place this historical shift in understanding and scientific practice in the contexts of gender, race, and class using selected case studies in environmental management. Includes laboratory and/or fieldwork. This is the same course as WS 347U and may be taken only once for credit. This is the first course in a sequence of two: Sci 347U and Sci 348U. Recommended prerequisite: Natural Science Inquiry.