Prerequisites: BIOL 005A, BIOL 005B, BIOL 005C; CHEM 001C or CHEM 01HC; CHEM 008C and CHEM 08LC, or CHEM 08HC and CHEM 08HLC; MATH 007B or MATH 009B or MATH 09HB; PHYS 002C, PHYS 02LC; BCH 100 or BCH 110A; one course in statistics
Description: Devoted to selected human problems that have a large biological component and relate to medicine, ethics, and human existence. Top- ics covered vary and include issues of major bioethical importance such as euthanasia, national health care, effects of industrial pollution on individuals and com- munities, population problems, abortion, and genetic engineering.