SLGY 3340 - Sociology of Science

Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hour(s): 3
Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
This is a course on the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge. Specifically, it focuses on how the social, political, economic and cultural contexts in which scientists work affect the type of knowledge that they produce. Topics covered in this course may include various theories of scientific knowledge, the process of knowledge creation and dissemination, the production of certainty and uncertainty, the funding context for science, how social inequalities affect the careers of scientists, the privatization of scientific research and dissemination, scientific innovation, and newer community-based models for science.

Prerequisite(s): One of SLGY 2131 , SLGY 2218 , SLGY 2229 , SLGY 2232 , SLGY 2233 , SLGY 2235 , SLGY 2253 , SLGY 2255 , SLGY 2265 , SLGY 2271 , SLGY 2273 , SLGY 2275 , or SLGY 2277 .