From wgreenou@s.psych.uiuc.edu Wed Oct 31 02:19:07 2001 Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 02:18:36 -0600 (CST) To: All Faculty & All Undergrad Students & All Grad Students From: "William T. Greenough" Subject: MASSMAIL - Science & Society: The New Biology Course Sp 2002 The Center for Advanced Study is pleased to announce that graduate and undergraduate students may apply to the instructors for admission to this course for the spring semester 2002. This email contains two parts: Part I. Course Description and Part II. Instructors and How to Apply ***************************************** I. Course Description The Human Genome Project and the knowledge resulting from it stand to transform fundamentally our understanding of how the human body and other living systems work. Furthermore, decisions related to this new knowledge are likely to influence profoundly the future of humankind and other life forms on this planet. We thus need to think very carefully about how we use the knowledge and tools that are becoming available to us. In this course, taught as a discussion seminar, we seek to identify and envision the developments in the life sciences and medicine that promise to result from full knowledge of the human genome and other genomic sequences. Concomitantly, we will examine how this revolution in our knowledge of our genetic makeup is liable to intersect with other knowledge we have about ourselves, our institutions, our society, and our world. Among the topics to be included in the seminar are: What's new about the New Biology? The New Biology: The view in 2002 Actors and Interests in the Human Genome Project Eugenics: The New Biology of 1900 Genetically Modified Organisms Xenotransplantation; Genetic Therapy; Genomics and Privacy Genomics and Race; Genomics and Behavior Biological Warfare and Bioterrorism The Remaking of Human Nature? The seminar is open to juniors and seniors (enrolling in the course as Campus Honors Program CHP 295&D) and graduate students (enrolling in the course as CAS 487A). Minimum prerequisite: at least one semester of college-level study in the life sciences. Consent of the instructors required. ******************************************** II. Instructors and How to Apply..... Instructors: Professor Richard Burkhardt--Department of History Professor Harris Lewin--Department of Animal Sciences and Director, the W. M. Keck Center for Comparative and Functional Genomics Course requirements include: regular participation in seminar discussions, at least one oral presentation, brief written assignments, and a term paper. Admission to the seminar will be based on applications. Interested students should submit a one-page application providing name, email address, year in school, major field of study, and a paragraph or two explaining why they want to take the seminar and what they hope to contribute to it and gain from it. For full consideration, applications should be turned in by 12:00 noon, Monday, November 12, 2001. Submission of Applications: Undergraduate applicants for CHP 295&D are asked to turn in their applications at the Campus Honors Program, 1205 W. Oregon, Urbana. Graduate applicants for CAS 487 are asked to turn in their applications at the Center for Advanced Study, 912 W. Illinois,Urbana. This mailing approved by: The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research -- This Message sent via MASSMAIL. < http://www.cso.uiuc.edu/services/massmail/ >