12.5 1st year Dr Warwick Anderson. Second semester Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week. Students completing this subject should:

• be familiar with historical accounts of evolutionary science as situated within, and influenced by, political struggles over visions of ourselves and our society;
• be able to recognise the cultural function of evolution in a variety of historical contexts;
• have an understanding of how interests have shaped the scientific conceptions of race, sexual differences, sexuality, social cohesion;
• have developed in broad outline a knowledge of recent innovations in the history and social studies of science;
• be able to account for changing constructions of nature and to understanding their significance for social thought.

An exploration of the work of Charles Darwin and theories of evolution. What conditions in 19th century Britain made the production of Darwin's theory possible? How did it win allies and influence? How was it read, enlisted and consequently shaped by struggles over religion, social order, eugenics, the woman question, humanism and environmentalism? 3-hour examination at end of the second semester. Exemption may be earned by attendance at 80 per cent of tutorials and satisfactory completion of: coursework based exercises up to 1,000 words (30 per cent), one essay of 1,000 words (25 per cent), a research essay of 2,000 words (35 per cent) and an in-class short test (10 per cent). Appleman P Darwin. Desmon A and Moore J Darwin. Young R M Darwin's Metaphor: Nature's Place in Victorian Culture. 12.5 Dr W Anderson Second semester Two 1-hour lectures and 1-hour tutorial Students completing this subject should:

• be familiar with historical accounts of evolutionary science as situated within, and influenced by, political struggles over visions of ourselves and our society;
• be able to recognise the cultural function of evolution in a variety of historical contexts;
• have an understanding of how interests have shaped the scientific conceptions of race, sexual differences, sexuality, social cohesion;
• have developed, in broad outline, a knowledge of recent innovations in the history and social studies of science;
• be able to account for changing constructions of nature and to understand their significance for social thought.

An exploration of the work of Charles Darwin and theories of evolution. What conditions made the production of Darwin's theory possible? How did it win allies and what influence has it exerted? 3 hr examination at the end of semester 2. Exemption may be earned by attendance at 80% of tutorials and satisfactory completion of: course work based exercises up to 1,000 words (30%), one essay of 1,000 words (25%), a research essay of 2,000 words (35%), and a class short test (10%).