ANTHRO M128R
Hormones and Behavior in Humans and Other Animals
Description: (Same as Physiological Science M140 and Society and Genetics M140.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of hormones, and physiology and genetics involved in hormonal processes and function. Interactions among hormonal levels, environmental stimuli, and behavior. Sexual behavior, pregnancy, and lactation, parental behavior, development and emigration, stress, social behavior, dominance relationships, aggression, chemical communication, and reproductive suppression. Critique of primary literature on behavioral endocrinology about humans and other species. Consideration of spectrum of noninvasive to highly invasive endocrine sampling methods, and which types of questions can be answered in laboratory and field, as well as ethics of hormonal studies and their implications for humans and other animals. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2018 - I loved her. She was an absolute gem. I genuinely enjoyed this class so much. She had a HARD focus on fulfilling the diversity requirement, which I really enjoyed in a science course. You can tell that she cares very deeply about the issues she discusses, is very mindful and caring towards students, super patient, is willing to work with students and is very understanding. I have never had a professor this sweet before, and I never even went to her office hours. Though I probably should have. I would take 10 more courses with her if I could. I feel like a learned a whole lot while also taking it easy and not being stressed out at all throughout the quarter. She gave many extra credit opportunities, including watching a movie on conversion therapy, writing a short page on gender identity, etc. She is so great. She even extended one of the due dates for an assignment in case students didn't have enough time, and she even agreed to drop the lowest quiz score for the entire class because some students were experiencing technical problems on the website while taking them. Amazing! Overall, the class is really interesting. Makes you think about gender and sexuality in a different way. There are 5 online quizzes (she dropped the lowest one), two midterms, and one research paper that is very fluid and very clear on what she wants you to do. Very straight forward overall, she makes sure everyone is on the same page like all the time. We also were lucky to have an amazing TA (Andrew) who was super helpful and sweet and made the class even better. This was probably one of the best classes I've taken at UCLA thus far.
Fall 2018 - I loved her. She was an absolute gem. I genuinely enjoyed this class so much. She had a HARD focus on fulfilling the diversity requirement, which I really enjoyed in a science course. You can tell that she cares very deeply about the issues she discusses, is very mindful and caring towards students, super patient, is willing to work with students and is very understanding. I have never had a professor this sweet before, and I never even went to her office hours. Though I probably should have. I would take 10 more courses with her if I could. I feel like a learned a whole lot while also taking it easy and not being stressed out at all throughout the quarter. She gave many extra credit opportunities, including watching a movie on conversion therapy, writing a short page on gender identity, etc. She is so great. She even extended one of the due dates for an assignment in case students didn't have enough time, and she even agreed to drop the lowest quiz score for the entire class because some students were experiencing technical problems on the website while taking them. Amazing! Overall, the class is really interesting. Makes you think about gender and sexuality in a different way. There are 5 online quizzes (she dropped the lowest one), two midterms, and one research paper that is very fluid and very clear on what she wants you to do. Very straight forward overall, she makes sure everyone is on the same page like all the time. We also were lucky to have an amazing TA (Andrew) who was super helpful and sweet and made the class even better. This was probably one of the best classes I've taken at UCLA thus far.
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