Spring 2021  |  WRIT 3152W Section 001: Writing on Issues of Science and Technology (49983)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Mode
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021
Mon, Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Kenneth H Keller Hall 3-230
Enrollment Status:
Open (22 of 24 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Read books/articles, discuss, and write about major issues in science/technology. Possible topics: DNA and human genome. Animal/human interaction. Global warming; Alternative energies; Animal/human cloning and stem-cell research. Vaccines from Smallpox to AIDS. Why civilizations collapse.
Class Description:
Ethical, social, and political challenges created by science/technology. Analyzes persuasion strategies through which experts, political decision-makers, and citizens meet these challenges. Bioscience controversies such as cloning, organ transplantation. Controversies over pollution, ozone depletion.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/49983/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
10 December 2008

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