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Jan 19, 2026
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PHIL 463* - Race, Science, and Medicine3 Credit Hours
Philosophical exploration of the role of race in the production of scientific and medical knowledge. Topics may include the history and function of scientific racism, structural racism as a cause of public health inequities, realism and anti-realism about biological race, social constructions of race, metaphysics of population genetics, theories of human evolution and migration, the continuing influence of ideologies of race and racial pseudoscience on data collection and interpretation, and the intersections of racial ideologies with issues of gender, sexuality, and disability.
(same as WGS 463* )
Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (GCUS) (SS) (WC)
(RE) Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102* , ENGL 112* , ENGL 132* , or ENGL 298*
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