Fall 2017  |  GEOG 1913 Section 001: Living with Innovation (35178)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Freshman Seminar
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Mon, Wed 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 210
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This seminar will examine the proposition that living with innovation depends on developing policies that properly manage risks in an informed way, by trying to anticipate and assess them rather than just to avoid them. It will cover innovations that are responding to major world challenges such as genetically modified food, nano technologies and information technology. All bring important advantages but also perceived risks from "frankenfoods," "gray goo," cyberterrorism, and the like. Using science to inform theses perceptions of risk and manage the likely impacts from the technologies will be the recurring theme of this seminar. Students will read, discuss, and debate cutting-edge material from the scientific literature and popular press, and will have ample opportunity to develop presentational skills in these contexts.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35178/1179

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