PLSCI 2400

Last Updated

  • Schedule of Classes - November 13, 2024 7:37PM EST
  • Course Catalog - November 13, 2024 7:07PM EST

PLSCI 2400
Green World, Blue Planet

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

Focuses on helping individuals understand how scientific information relates to the issues they face as citizens, in management decision making, and in public policy. To what extent should genetic engineering of crop plants be permitted? Should we place limits on fossil fuel consumption as a means of limiting global warming and global climate change? Must human endeavors be restricted in certain areas to maintain diversity? The format of this course is interactive, with lectures and discussions about how we as a society deal with controversial issues. This course is suitable for life sciences majors.

When Offered Fall, Winter, Summer.

Distribution Category (BIO-AG, OPHLS-AG)
Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

Outcomes
  • Explain, evaluate, and effectively interpret basic concepts in cell and molecular biology.
  • Explain, evaluate, and effectively interpret basic concepts in general ecology and biodiversity.
  • Integrate qualitative information to reach defensible and creative conclusions about the impacts of climate change, genetic engineering, and biodiversity on the natural world and society.
  • Communicate effectively through writing, speech, and visual information via written exams, writing assignments and class discussion concerning the above topics.
  • Articulate the views of people with diverse perspectives on the above issues.

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Winter Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1106 PLSCI 2400   LEC 001

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous
    This Winter Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.