Course Description
This course explores the issues of integrity as associated with the scientific method and research, including our responsibilities as scientists within an framework of integrity and veracity. The importance of ethical conduct, particularly with respect to writing, data collection, presentation of results, and attribution will be discussed as well as the implications of violations (e.g., plagiarism, results tampering). Lectures will provide background information and in class case studies will be used for examples and in-depth exploration via problem-based learning. Three lecture hours per week. One term. Three credits.
Prerequisites: Must be in fourth year of a Biology program (i.e. minimum 60 credits).