2020-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (without addenda) 
    
    Apr 29, 2024  
2020-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (without addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

STS-UY 2334 The Invention of Race

4 Credits
This course traces the history of science as it shapes race into a divisive standard for regulating and altering the shape of the population. Topics include the Enlightenment and the emergence of race as a science, eugenics and its lasting effects (actuarial science, mortgage policies, sentencing and paroling), and the fractured relationship between race and medicine.

Prerequisite(s): EXPOS-UA 1 
Weekly Lecture Hours: 4