BIOLOGY 942
COURSE DESCRIPTION: The course will consist of 1 hour per week discussion sessions and three two-hour laboratory modules. The lab enables honor scholars and teaching fellow to fulfill the honors laboratory requirement.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: Students will:
- Apply technical information to topics of current interest
- Design a research experiment
- Collect and analyze data
- Present data in graphic format
TOPICS DISCUSSED:
- Genetically engineered food as a viable alternative for starving nations.
- Genetic screening for disease, who should have access to the information.
- Legal issues of the definition of life.
- Economic value on biodiversity.
- Ethics of stem cell research.
- Feminist science theory.
- The politics of water - who owns the water flowing in the river?
- Dietary supplements and the media.
- Global warming - is it an issue?
POTENTIAL RESEARCH QUESTIONS
- Factors affecting decomposition in a compost environment.
- Environmental parameters of algae growth.
- Parameters of Meredith Pond.
