GSST 185: GENDER, RACE, AND MEDICINE
University of California, Riverside
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; written work, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour; individual study, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Explores the relationship between Western medicine and women, racial minorities, and non-Western citizens. Investigates how gender ideology, racial inequity, and colonialism shape the medical representation of bodies, sexuality, and pathology. Examines how patients have renegotiated their relationships with medicine through health movements and alternative healing practices. Cross-listed with ANTH 144F.
Average GPA: 3.44
Grade distribution records: 102 students across 6 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 15 | 14.7% |
| A | 24 | 23.5% |
| A- | 19 | 18.6% |
| B+ | 16 | 15.7% |
| B | 7 | 6.9% |
| B- | 3 | 2.9% |
| C+ | 8 | 7.8% |
| C | 4 | 3.9% |
| D+ | 2 | 2.0% |
| NP | 2 | 2.0% |
| W | 1 | 1.0% |
Based on 102 student grade records across 6 terms and 3 professors.
Instructors
- Isabelle Placentia 35 students, Average GPA 3.97
- Jessica Rehman 16 students, Average GPA 2.93
- Malia Womack 15 students, Average GPA 3.63