Women and Science

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There have always been women in science, engineering, medicine, and mathematics, just not very many of them. The course introduces individual women who were exceptions in their time. We will also cover the contexts and unique cultures of the different sciences, including a discussion of the practical challenges women face in these disciplines. Students will be exposed to feminist epistemology and will learn to examine some of the intellectual and social barriers that women confront in studying and practicing science.  Email Ann Gould in Plant Biology for a special permission number (ann.gould@rutgers.edu)