Dowling College Fall 2002 CRN 95524 ASC128C MW 1000-1120AM
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Dr Christian Perring |
Work phone: (631) 244-3349 |
Office Location: |
330A RC |
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E-mail: perringc@dowling.edu |
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Office hours: |
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400-530 PM |
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Required Textbooks: |
Your
Genetic Destiny: Know Your Genes, Secure Your Health, Save your Life, by
Aubrey Mulunsky (Perseus Books, 2001) Sociological
Perspectives on the New Genetics, edited by Peter Conrad and Jonathan
Gabe (Blackwell, 1999) |
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Grading |
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% of grade |
Work |
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5% |
Attendance: You are allowed to miss one class without excuse.
For each extra classyou miss without documented excuse, you lose 2%. This
grade can go into the negative! |
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10% |
Class participation.You should be an active member of class, doing the
reading ahead of time, contributing to class discussions, and letting me know
if you do not understand so I can explain ideas further. |
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15% |
Presentation. 15-minute presentation on a topic relevant to the
class, related to your paper topic. It is a good idea to use visual aids,
such as videos, Powerpoint, or posters. See the form
that I use to evaluate your presentation. Your presentation can, and
probably should, be related to your paper topic. There will be 10
minutes of discussion and q/a after your presentation. A presentation that does not spur class
participation will suffer in its grade. |
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30% |
Take Home Test: Issues in
Genetic Testing and Counseling |
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40% |
Paper-Final version. ~5000 words, ~20 pages (including bibliography) is
due Dec 9. Must include bibliography and detailed
references. I strongly encourage you to write a draft of your paper for
me to comment on. Papers MUST be turned in
online using Turnitin.com |
Schedule: (subject to revision)
Sep 4: Introduction
9: Reading: YGD Chs 1 & 2.
11: Reading: YGD Chs 3, 4, & 5
16: No class
18: Reading: SPNG Ettorre: “Experts as ‘storytellers’ in reproductive genetics”
23: Reading: YGD Chs 6 & 7.
25: Reading: YGD Chs 8 & 9. (Presentation: Mental Retardation & Eugenics)
30: Reading: SPNG Martin: “Genes as Drugs”
Oct 2: Reading: YGD: Chs 11-15
7: Reading: YGD Chs 16 & 17 (Presentation: Genetics and Breast Cancer)
9: Reading: SPNG Henderson & Kitziner: “The human drama of genetics”
14: Reading: YGD: Chs 18 & 19 (Presentation: Genetics and Mental Illness)
16: Reading: YGD: Chs 20 & 21 (Presentation: Genetics and Alzheimer’s)
21: Reading: SPNG Stockdale: “Waiting for the cure”
23: Reading: YGD Chs 22 & 23 (Presentation: Prenatal Diagnosis and Genetic Disorders)
28: Reading: YGD: Ch 24 (Presentation: Genetic Counseling in Long Island)
30: Reading: SPNG Hallowell: “Doing the right thing”
Nov 4: Reading: YGD: Ch 25
6: Reading: SPNG: Cox & McKellin: “There’s this thing in our family”
11: Reading: YGD: Ch 26
13: Reading: SPNG Cunningham-Burley & Kerr: “Defining the ‘social’”
18: Reading: YGD: Ch 27
20: Reading: SPNG: Shakespeare: “Losing the plot?”
25: Reading: SPNG: Nelkin & Andrews: “DNA Identification and surveillance creep”
Dec 2: Presentations
Dec 4: Presentations
Dec 9: Presentations
Link: Class Notes
Web Resources:
· The President's Council on Bioethics
· American Journal of Bioethics Cloning and Genetics webpage
· Yahoo News for Biotechnology and Genetics
· Metapsychology Online Review Genetics Page
· The Human Nature Daily Review
· NPR Story on Genetic Screening and Alzheimer's