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| Semester: | Fall 2025 |
| Number: | 0404-245-021 |
| Instructor: | TBA |
| Days: | Tuesday Thursday 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City - Hagedorn Hall of Enterprise 209 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Notes: |
For majors and non-majors |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Related Syllabi: |
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| Description: |
The Science of Social Issues equips students with scientific information and argumentation tools to engage in current discourse around human health and health disparities. Course readings cover the science underlying politically contested human health issues such as COVID safety, psychopharmaceuticals, adverse childhood experiences, diet, sexuality, and aging. Readings also address biological mechanisms by which historical trends, cultural values, government policies, social movements, and industry practices “get under the skin” to contribute to health disparities based on race gender, age, class, sexuality, caste, legal status, dis/ability, and related oppressions. Pseudoscience underlying discriminatory ideologies is also addressed. (Distribution Reqs:Natural Sciences) |
| Learning Goals: |
1. Identify the elements of the scientific method and how the method is applied to the scientific study of social issues.2. Understand the interplay between biological, social, and environmental issues in defining common social issues.3. Understand elemental concepts in biology and physiology such as systems of the body and typical physiological functioning.4. Apply Lifecourse Theory in building an understanding of the emergence of social issues over the lifespan.5. Apply biological and physiological concepts to bolster understanding of mental illness, substance abuse, human sexuality, disability, and other issues in the human condition.6. Understand the role of genetics in many social issues.7. Critically think about issues of bioethics.8. Understand how interdisciplinary problem solving can help to address societal issues that affect thousands of people.9. Examine how interventions for addressing common social issues may be addressed at the micro, meso, and macro levels.10. Think about how scientific concepts may apply to everyday life. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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