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Table 1 Demographic information for entry survey participants (and participants in both surveys)

From: “Evolution for Everyone”: A Course that Expands Evolutionary Theory Beyond the Biological Sciences

 

Number

Percentage

Gender

Male

88 (60)

52% (50%)

Female

80 (60)

48% (50%)

Class level

Freshman

58 (44)

35% (37%)

Sophomore

50 (37)

30% (31%)

Junior

43 (27)

26% (23%)

Senior

15 (12)

9% (10%)

Non-matriculated

2 (1)

1% (<1%)

Academic divisiona

Biological sciences

29 (22)

17% (18%)

Social sciences

65 (52)

39% (43%)

Humanities

11 (9)

7% (9%)

Hard sciences

16 (10)

10% (13%)

Undeclared

53 (34)

32% (28%)

Religionb

Christianc

65 (46)

39% (38%)

Jewish

40 (34)

24% (28%)

Agnostic/atheist

38 (23)

23% (19%)

Other/undeclared

25 (18)

15% (15%)

  1. aSeven majors in psychobiology were categorized as both members of the biological and social sciences. Six of these participated in the exit survey
  2. bOne individual participating in both surveys reported being both Catholic and Jewish and was included in both categories
  3. cChristians included in both populations were primarily Roman Catholic (70%) but also included two Lutherans, two Methodists, and one Scientologist. The rest did not declare a specific denomination
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