Cluster M72A, B, CW - Undergraduate Education Initiatives

1 in Foundations of Scientific Inquiry (Life Science without lab/demonstration). Diversity Requirement. Upon completion of all three quarters of the cluster, ... ClusterM72A,B,CWSEX:FROMBIOLOGYTOGENDEREDSOCIETY LectureSchedule: TuesdayandThursday|2:00P.M.–3:15p.m. Faculty: MartieHaselton|EvolutionaryPsychology,Coordinator RachelVaughn|InstituteforSociety&GeneticsandCenterfortheStudyofWomen KarinaEileraas|GenderStudies JessicaLynchAlfaro|InstituteforSociety&Genetics Librarian: DianaKing |ArtsLibrary SylviaPage|PowellLibrary Writing Consultant: TBD InquirySpecialist: AliceLu Fromthemomentofourconception,eachofushasabiologicalsex.Ourbiologicalsexshapesthephysicalattributesofourbodies,ourbehavior,ourplaceinsociety,theattitudesofotherstowardsus,andourself-concept.However,itisourgender—thesocialimplicationsofourbiologicalsex—thatismostimportantforourlives.Understandingsexandgenderrequiresseveraldifferentperspectives.Inthiscourse,weinvestigateperspectivesfromofsociology,biology,psychology,genetics,andmedicine. CourseFormat Thiscourseencouragesstudentstothinkandwritecriticallyabouttheinteractionofbiological,psychological,andsocialfactorsthatinfluenceourbehaviorandexperienceashumanbeings.Manyundergraduateswillfindthespecificsubjectmatterinteresting,evenfascinating.Bystudyingsexandgender,studentswillalsogaingeneralizableskillsforanalyzingdiversefactorsthattogetherinfluenceourlives.Thecourseexplicitlyasksquestionssuchas: Howissexdeterminedbiologicallyatmanydifferentlevelsinthebody? Howaregenderdifferencesandgenderinequality“sociallyconstructed”? Whichhumantraitsareproductsofnaturalselectionovermillennia? Howdoesthelawdefinethebiologicalsex? Howdoesourphysicalandsocialenvironmentinfluencehowourgeneswork?Howdoourgenesshapeourexperiences? Howdogenderedstereotypesinformscientificknowledgeaboutbiologicalsexdifferences? Whatdeterminesoursexualorientationandsexualdesires? Whatdotypicalresponsesofparentsanddoctorstointersexbabiesrevealaboutsocialassumptionsofgender? Howdoesourgenderinfluencethediseasesweget,andhowwearetreatedbyphysicians? Springseminars–topicswillinclude: Gender-BasedMedicineforSex-BiasedDiseases ProducingBodies:Gender,Race,Class,andMedicalization SexontheJob:SexandGenderintheWorkplace HistoricizingGender Nature&Nurture:AcontinuingConversation ChosenFamilies:Blood,Love,andFictiveKinship GenderandChildhoodinCrisis WritingIIandFoundationAreaGeneralEducationCredit Uponcompletionoftheyearlongcluster,studentswillfulfilltheWritingIIrequirementandsatisfy4GEcourserequirements: 3inFoundationsofSociety&Culture(2inSocialAnalysis;1inHistoricalAnalysis) 1inFoundationsofScientificInquiry(LifeSciencewithoutlab/demonstration) DiversityRequirement Uponcompletionofallthreequartersofthecluster,studentswillsatisfythediversitycourserequirement. HumanBiologyandSocietyMajor Completionofthefirstquarterofthisclustersatisfiesapre-majorrequirementfortheHumanBiologyandSocietymajor.Seemoreinformationonthemajorandhowtoapply. ASPIRELab Contact Courses Faculty Press StudentWork CommunityEngagement&SocialChangeMinor DisabilityStudies ApplytotheMinor Contact Faculty HelpRedefineNormal JessieAlpaughSeniorPrize MinorRequirements Students News&Events SamuelOschinScholarship ShapiroFamilyScholarship UCLADisabilityInclusionLab DancingDisability Entrepreneurship ApplytotheMinor CapstoneRequirement(MGMT169) Contact Faculty MinorRequirements test FiatLux AnnualFacultyReception Assessments Brochures Celebrating20Years Chancellor’sResearchAward Contact Courses&EnrollmentDeadlines COVID-19Seminars CurrentDonors FacultyAdvisoryCommittee Fall20019/11Seminars FrequentlyAskedQuestions(FAQ) Giving NewsandMedia PressArchive RacialInjustice SubmissionDeadlines&ProposalProcess UCLACentennialSeminars Winter20029/11Seminars FoodStudies ApplytotheMinor Contact Faculty GetConnected MarcieRothmanScholarship MarcieRothmanTermChair MinorRequirements Students QuarterinWashington ContactUs ElectiveCourses EstimatedBudget FAQ HowtoApply ImportantDates InformationSessions Internships LivinginDC Seminars Waiver SocialThought ApplytotheMinor Contact Faculty MinorRequirements Students StartupUCLA Contact UCLAClusterProgram AmericaintheSixties:Politics,SocietyandCulture,1954-1974 Benefits BigIdeasaboutCOVID-19 BiotechnologyandSociety Cluster180A,B,C ClusterM72A,B,CW Contact CourseDevelopment EvolutionoftheCosmosandLife Food:ALensforEnvironmentandSustainability FrontiersinHumanAging GECredit HistoryofModernThought InstructionalSupport InterracialDynamicsinAmericanSocietyandCulture MindoverMatter:TheHistory,Science,andPhilosophyoftheBrain NeverendingStories:MultidisciplinaryPerspectivesonMyth PoliticalViolenceintheModernWorld:Causes,Cases,andConsequences ReportsandReviews StudentResources TeachinginaCluster UCLAClusterProgram UpperDivisionClusters WritingIICredit UniversityStudies About Contact Courses Faculty Scrolltotop