Biology majors graduate with an appreciation of the complexity and ambiguity of ethical issues relevant to the acquisition, dissemination, and use of biological information.
Students ask questions and develop arguments regarding the legitimacy of biological research.
- How and when should animal and human subjects be used in research?
- What are the impacts of research on biodiversity and the environment?
Students learn how intellectual property is properly developed and transmitted.
- How is academic integrity practiced?
- Why are publications and peer review important?
Students become aware of the high cost of research and learn how its end-products are distributed nationally and globally.
- How does grantsmanship support research?
- What are the economic impacts of bioengineered drugs, seeds, and vaccines on the Third World?
Students confront the ethical dilemmas inherent in the development and application of biological information and its technological products.
- What are the ethical implications of the human genome project, reproductive technologies, and genetically modified organisms?
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