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Undergraduate Course: Gender Science and Technology (SCIL10022)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaSociology Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe aim of the course is to examine the mutual shaping of gender, science and technology. This involves exploring (i) how gender gets 'imprinted' in new scientific knowledge and new technologies, and (ii) how women and men encounter the 'products' of science and technology differently. Topics covered include the position of women in science and engineering; feminist critiques of sexist science and feminist epistemologies for science; changing relationships between technology, gender and work (both paid work and unpaid work in the home); computing and IT as a possible arena of new gender-technology relations; and issues raised by medical science and new reproductive technologies (IVF, cloning etc). Note: this is a social science course; students do not need to have a background in science or technology.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The learning approach throughout the course encourages you to examine and think critically about this two-way relationship between gender and S&T, drawing on empirical case material and broad theoretical approaches from both science and technology studies and gender studies. Lecture notes are provided to help students lacking background knowledge of key concepts in science and technology studies, as are copies of overheads where appropriate.
Assessment Information
Combination of coursework/exam with details to be specified by Course Organiser at first class
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Study Abroad Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiser Course secretaryMs Sue Renton
Tel: (0131 6)50 6958
Email: Sue.Renton@ed.ac.uk
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