Semester and Year

Spring 2018

Dept

Biology

Course Number

300

Section Number

1

Shared Curriculum Category/Flag

Analysis of Values (AV)

Second Shared Curriculum Category/Flag

Writing Intensive Course (W)

Course Catalog Description

A study of ethical and social issues arising out of the rapidly developing fields of reproductive biology and genetics. In the first quarter of the course, students will be introduced to different ethical theories; in the remainder of the semester, they will look at specific ethical issues. Issues examined may include those that arise in connection with RU-486, surrogacy, IVF, sex cell storage, cloning, and human stem cell research. Offered occasionally.

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