SOCI 138. Genetics and Society (4 units)
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Description
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: upper-division standing. Will not receive credit for SOCI 138 and SOCC 138 or SOCI 138 and SOCI 138GS.
Prerequisite courses
SOCI 138 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have SOCI 138 as a prerequisite.