SOCI 138Genetics and Society
The class will first examine the direct social effects of the “genetic revolution”: eugenics, genetic discrimination, and stratification. Second, the implications of thinking of society in terms of genetics, specifically—sociobiology, social Darwinism, evolutionary psychology, and biology.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “upper-division standing. Will not receive credit for SOCI 138 and SOCC 138 or SOCI 138 and SOCI 138GS.”
Where it sits in degree plans
One of the options in (7)
- Electrical Engineering and Society (B.A.)
- Public Health (B.S.)
- Sociology (B.A.)
- Sociology—American Studies (B.A.)
- Sociology—Culture and Communication (B.A.)
- Sociology—Law and Society (B.A.)
- Sociology—Science and Medicine (B.A.)