The museum stands as an institution that holds both cultural and social aspects of our past and present lives. The museum also functions as a symbol of power and truth. However, the potential that museums can act as agents of social change for some is a radical idea. Although many museums still value the process of collection, preservation and display, the need to broaden access and diversify their appeal has become essential for the museum?s survival. Through this course, we will begin by exploring ways that ?race? is represented in the context of the American museum.

Thanks to programs like CSI (and its city-specific spinoffs), Fox?s Bones, A&E?s Cold Case Files, and Court TV?s Forensic Files, interest in forensics exploded. In this class, we will critique the methods used in these shows and compare them to the actual science of forensics. Television shows do not accurately portray the way forensic science is used to solve crimes. These popular programs glamorize work that is often difficult and tedious, giving a false impression that this work is possible without a background in the sciences.

Thanks to programs like CSI (and its city-specific spinoffs), Fox?s Bones, A&E?s Cold Case Files, and Court TV?s Forensic Files, interest in forensics exploded. In this class, we will critique the methods used in these shows and compare them to the actual science of forensics. Television shows do not accurately portray the way forensic science is used to solve crimes. These popular programs glamorize work that is often difficult and tedious, giving a false impression that this work is possible without a background in the sciences.

Thanks to programs like CSI (and its city-specific spinoffs), Fox?s Bones, A&E?s Cold Case Files, and Court TV?s Forensic Files, interest in forensics exploded. In this class, we will critique the methods used in these shows and compare them to the actual science of forensics. Television shows do not accurately portray the way forensic science is used to solve crimes. These popular programs glamorize work that is often difficult and tedious, giving a false impression that this work is possible without a background in the sciences.

Thanks to programs like CSI (and its city-specific spinoffs), Fox?s Bones, A&E?s Cold Case Files, and Court TV?s Forensic Files, interest in forensics exploded. In this class, we will critique the methods used in these shows and compare them to the actual science of forensics. Television shows do not accurately portray the way forensic science is used to solve crimes. These popular programs glamorize work that is often difficult and tedious, giving a false impression that this work is possible without a background in the sciences.

This course explores scientific and technical systems that permeate our lives. By way of facial recognition, IQ tests, vaccine protocols, hydroelectric dams, and other systems, we will focus on the all-too-human questions embedded in processes of scientific innovation and technological development. Together, we will address the following: What makes something a scientific fact? Who benefits and who is harmed by emerging platforms? How do social, political, and economic inequities shape technology and vice-versa? Can we engineer alternate futures? There are no prerequisites.

The study of human/environmental interactions. Emphasis on biological and cultural responses by contemporary human groups to pervasive environmental problems. Examples from mountains, grasslands, deserts, and tropical forests. (Gen.Ed. SB, DG)

The roots of racism and sexism and the issues they raise. The cultural, biological, and social contexts of race and gender and examination of biological variation, genetic determinism, human adaptation, and the bases of human behavior. (Gen Ed SB, DU)

The roots of racism and sexism and the issues they raise. The cultural, biological, and social contexts of race and gender and examination of biological variation, genetic determinism, human adaptation, and the bases of human behavior. (Gen Ed SB, DU)

The roots of racism and sexism and the issues they raise. The cultural, biological, and social contexts of race and gender and examination of biological variation, genetic determinism, human adaptation, and the bases of human behavior. (Gen Ed SB, DU)