GWST 3400: Gender, Science, & Technology

3 Credit Hours

This course examines the impact of feminist, anti-racist, anti-homophobic, and anti-ableist interventions into various fields of science and technology, as well as the impact of those fields on conceptions of gender, race, sexuality, and disability.

Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

Identify, compare, and evaluate different lineages of feminist critiques of science and technology.
Analyze research on gender differences in the fields of science and technology.
Explain feminist engagements with science and technology studies by applying theoretical frameworks to one’s own experiences.
Criticize or defend competing perspectives on topics such as scientific objectivity, nature, and New Materialism.