Fall 2024 Course Offerings

PHYS 338 - Science and Conscience

Description

Hours: Three hours lecture/discussion per week Prerequisite: Junior Standing and successful completion of Golden Four GE Areas (A1, A2, A3, B4) Description: This course is a team-taught, interdisciplinary course that examines various ethical issues within the sciences using case studies. The scientific, historical and social aspects of each case study will be examined from different perspectives. Students will learn scientific concepts which will facilitate an informed understanding of the ethical issues involved.

Meeting Information

Info current as 12/21/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
ARR Online 8/24/2024 - 12/14/2024 Kyndra Katz

Status: Closed
Class Number: 2587
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 8/24/2024 - 12/14/2024
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 30
Available Seats: 0
Wait List Capacity: 10
Wait List Total: 3

Textbook / Other Materials

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780393974652
Title: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorp
Author: Stevenson

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780345404473
Title: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Publisher: Penguin Random House LLC
Author: Dick

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780062368232
Title: Brave New World
Publisher: HarperCollins
Author: Huxley

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780393644043
Title: Frankenstein (Third Edition) (Norton Critical Edi
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorp
Author: Shelley

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780060850524
Title: Brave New World (with PS Insights etc)
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Author: Huxley

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Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division
  • On Line
  • Asynchronous online
  • Interdisciplinary Approaches Mission Pillar
  • Upper Div - B Scientific Inq & Quantitative Reason
  • Upper Div - C Arts and Humanities