HEREDITY ETHICS & SOCIETY

Catalog description

Heredity, Ethics and Society, a non-lab biology course for non-science majors, addresses the moral, ethical, and social implications of biological advances in genetics and biotechnology. Students are introduced to ethics and moral reasoning concepts necessary to understand cell biology, genetics, human reproduction, and prenatal development, and how to apply moral reasoning to biological advances. (1.1 Articulated) [IAI Core Course Equivalent: L1 906] NOTE: This course requires intermediate reading, intermediate writing and intermediate math.