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Teaching at the Interface between Genetics and Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Henry M. Butzel
Henry M. Butzel*
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Union College, Schenectady, New York 12308
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Abstract

By combining one-half of a regular genetics course with a special half describing the use of genetics in legal decisions, a new course, “Genetics and the Law,” has been offered at Union College for the past few years. The course stresses the interface between strictly genetic discoveries and their use in all fields of law as a basis for judicial actions. The course, open to all except biology majors and premedical or predental students, serves as part of Union College's “Liberal Learning Program,” and as one of the two courses, among many, serving as science credits needed for graduation. The special conditions under which this course is possible, as well as the methods of teaching and the problems encountered both in attracting students and in designing a comparable course are presented.

Type
Specific Courses in Politics and the Life Sciences
Information
Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , August 1986 , pp. 54 - 58
Copyright
Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

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