Credit: 3 hours.

Examines the relationship of gender to scientific practice and technological development. The course looks at the professionalization of scientists in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) and the category of ?women in science.? Addresses how assumptions about gender and science mutually influence each other. Attention also given to the relationship of gender identities to the use and design of technologies (for the body, in transportation, or architecture for example), and how both are produced and informed by one another. No scientific or technical background required.