POL4317
POL 4317 - Becoming Stupid: Anti-Science in American Politics (3 Cr.)
Political Science Department (10984)
TCLA - College of Liberal Arts
POL 4317 - Becoming Stupid: Anti-Science in American Politics (3 Cr.)
Course description
(1) Political attacks on basic science, including climatology & global warming, vaccines, the Big Bang, evolution, human reproduction, sexuality, and much more. (2) Pseudoscience and anti-intellectualism in American political culture. (3) Money, political interests, and propaganda that drive attacks on science.
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
OPT - Student Option
Lecture
Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?
No
Typically offered term(s)
Every Fall