BIOL 3417 — Bioethics of Human Genome Editing
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: summerOnlineOnline
Presents an overview of emerging gene-editing technologies, explores ongoing ethical debates, describes the potential benefits and limitations of these technologies, and reviews the ramifications for this clinical practice on society. Topics include a scientific review of gene-editing methodologies, historical timeline for their development, clinical applications, the ethical and socioeconomic impacts, and regulatory status of these technologies. Offers students an opportunity to engage in scientific and ethical discourse, evaluate media reports of genome-editing technologies, and deeply probe a student-selected topic related to human genome editing through a writing project.
Prerequisites
- BIOL 2301 (min D-)
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer B 2025 | 1 | 35 | 40 | 88% | 5.0 |
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Meeting times
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Professors
Summer B
- Dori Woods (100% of students) · reviews
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