Course Description

This course examines the impact of recent genetic discoveries on medicine, agriculture, ecosystems and industry. New technologies employ enzymes to cut and splice DNA from different organisms. This has the potential to benefit human society but gene manipulations (genetic engineering) raise important ethical questions. Three lecture hours. Two terms. Six credits. Course credit exclusion: AK/NATS 1860 6.00. NCR Note: This course is not open to any student who has passed or is taking SC/BIOL 1000 3.00, SC/BIOL 1001 3.00 or SC/BIOL 1010 6.00.