Students examine the basic sciences through presentations and demonstrations of every day items and issues. This includes familiar objects and areas of knowledge, such as automobiles, airplanes, computers, drugs, and the recently completed human genome project. The course also covers the representation of scientific issues in the mass media, and the ethical and political dimensions of forensic science, the environment, and food.
Students examine the basic sciences through presentations and demonstrations of every day items and issues. This includes familiar objects and areas of knowledge, such as automobiles, airplanes, computers, drugs, and the recently completed human genome project. The course also covers the representation of scientific issues in the mass media, and the ethical and political dimensions of forensic science, the environment, and food.
