CLUSTER M72A
Sex from Biology to Gendered Society
Description: (Same as Communication M72A, Society and Genetics M72A, and Sociology M72A.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Course M72A is enforced requisite to M72B, which is enforced requisite to M72CW. Limited to first-year freshmen. Examination of many ways in which sex and sexual identity shape and are shaped by biological and social forces, approached from complementary perspectives of anthropology, biology, medicine, and sociology. Specific topics include biological origins of sex differences, intersex, gender identity, gender inequality, homosexuality, sex differences, sex/gender and law, and politics of sex research. Letter grading.
Units: 6.0
Units: 6.0
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Fall 2023 - Professor Schlinger taught the more traditional biology elements for the cluster, so his slides were the easiest to understand imo. It was a lot of basics in difference in anatomy, hormones, and development, with a lot of emphasis on humans and then some atypical presentation in animals. He was very clear in lectures and in his wording of quiz questions. He also bird watches, so if you're into that maybe you can strike up a conversation with him about it. Class: You take three quizzes that cover material from each professor that taught within those three weeks (ex. quiz 1 = weeks 1-3) that are 16 questions. The best 2/3 scores are used for your final grade. The rest of your grade comes from participation during your discussion section (nothing crazy happens here, we almost always left early and was pretty chill) and two papers you write. The topics are related to what you learned in class and usually you have to relate that to other species, humans, and your personal life and these are graded by your TA out of 100, so it depends on how tough your TA is with grading. There's also a roundtable discussion that happen before you take the quiz where you basically ask questions about a topic (ex. is chivalry dead) to the panel of profs, but you don't have to participate, just listen to others if you want.
Fall 2023 - Professor Schlinger taught the more traditional biology elements for the cluster, so his slides were the easiest to understand imo. It was a lot of basics in difference in anatomy, hormones, and development, with a lot of emphasis on humans and then some atypical presentation in animals. He was very clear in lectures and in his wording of quiz questions. He also bird watches, so if you're into that maybe you can strike up a conversation with him about it. Class: You take three quizzes that cover material from each professor that taught within those three weeks (ex. quiz 1 = weeks 1-3) that are 16 questions. The best 2/3 scores are used for your final grade. The rest of your grade comes from participation during your discussion section (nothing crazy happens here, we almost always left early and was pretty chill) and two papers you write. The topics are related to what you learned in class and usually you have to relate that to other species, humans, and your personal life and these are graded by your TA out of 100, so it depends on how tough your TA is with grading. There's also a roundtable discussion that happen before you take the quiz where you basically ask questions about a topic (ex. is chivalry dead) to the panel of profs, but you don't have to participate, just listen to others if you want.
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