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updated: 4/29/03] Please check your e-mail for specific
information on web postings and final plans. Class meeting agendas and related pages are
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page as they become available. Presentation
summaries are posted following the presentations
and are linked through the Presentations
page. Dr. Eileen Thatcher Office: Darwin 121 v-mail: 664-3058 Office hours: Spring,
2003 W 4-5 or by appt. This year this seminar course focuses on bioethics as
it relates to biotechnology. Format: A mixture of discussions based on selected
readings and short presentations on selected topics by
students. Focus: With the advances that have allowed
biotechnology to flourish as an industry come questions
regarding whether some methods should be used, questions
regarding how applications and information should be
regulated, and questions regarding the impact on individuals
and society. In general, most of these questions have
foundations in bioethics. This seminar serves as an introduction to some of the
topics, methods, and assumptions of the field of bioethics
as applied to biotechnology. In addition to being introduced
to the field, students will be asked to think critically
about specific topics. A series of questions will guide the
semester-long discussion. These include: Prerequisites: Graduate or senior standing, with
at least one course in molecular/cell biology. .
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Course Description
Updated 4/29/03 by thatcher@sonoma.edu