79-329 Sex, Population, Birth Control

Units: 9.0 Department: History Related URLs: http://www.history.cmu.edu This course will explore efforts to control reproduction in the United States in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Topics include: the changing status of birth control and abortion in the context of law, medicine, and public policy; the relationship between women's rights and reproductive rights; the eugenics movement and involuntary sterilization laws; the relationship between birth control and population control; the development and impact of new contraceptive technologies; infertility and the development and use of new reproductive technologies; changes in sexual attitudes and practices; and the impact of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases on sex and birth control.

Popularity index Rank for this semester: #317 Rank in this department: #12   Students also scheduled 36-201 Statistical Reasoning and Practice 21-111 Calculus I 79-207 Development of European Culture 76-247 Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances 88-326 Theories of International Relations 85-102 Introduction to Psychology 79-333 History of Biomedical Research 79-335 Drug Use and Drug Policy 79-320 America in the 1950s 85-221 Principles of Child Development

Spring 2005 times

Sec	Time	Day	Instructor	Location
A	9:00 - 10:20 am	T	Kluchin	BH 255A
		R	Kluchin	BH 255A