EDUC 274Science, Technology, and Social Research after Eurocentrism

Education · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

Philosophy of natural sciences for social scientists that examines challenges to conventional research assumptions raised by multicultural and postcolonial science and technology studies that have emerged since World War II. Focus on sciences and technologies in third-world development projects, comparative ethnoscience movements, and new theories of knowledge and how to do maximally objective research emerging from these literatures.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.

Requisites

UCLA lists no requisites for this course.

Requires

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Unlocks

What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

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