STS 4441 - [Historical Issues of Gender and Science]

(crosslisted) FGSS 4440
(CA-AS)

Spring. Not offered 2017-2018. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Not open to: freshmen.

Staff.

A one-semester survey of women’s role in science and engineering from antiquity to the present, with special emphasis on the United States in the 20th century. Readings include biographies and autobiographies of prominent women scientists, educational writings and other primary sources, and recent historical and sociological studies. By the end of the semester, students attain a broad view of the problems that have faced women entering science and those that still remain.