BIO 106 - The Biotech Century

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Muhlenberg College

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Description:

So much of the news concerns biotechnology: cloning, gene therapy, cancer treatments, assisted reproductive technologies, genetically modified foods, the human genome project, bioterrorism. Perhaps the biology you took in high school never talked about such things. Using newspaper articles, an excellent genetic textbook for nonscience majors, and Internet resources, this course is designed to allow the student to explore "the new biology". Most of the students who have taken thiscourse find immediate applications of the course knowledge to their own lives. Perhaps you will too. Meets general academic requirement S.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.muhlenberg.edu

Phone Number:

(484) 664-3100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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