2009 Course Handbook
BIOL260: The Science of Sex
This course provides a broad survey of the topic of sex across the animal kingdom. The range of topics include biology, psychology, chemistry, and animal behaviour. We examine why sex has evolved at all, how sex is determined genetically and developmentally, the neuroscience and neurochemistry of sex, and how the struggle for reproduction has driven the history of life. Human sex will also be featured, including intimate relationships, attachment, romantic love, sexual relationships and contraception use. Coordinated overall and team taught by experts, this general education unit wraps important intellectual materials around an appealing topic.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 4 |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Miss Kate Barry |
| Prerequisites: | 12cp |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCWs: | ELS203 |
| Unit Designations: | Science |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Biological Sciences |
Timetable Information
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