DIPL424  Policy Issues in Biotechnology and Human Security

Not offered 2012, offered in 2011

For further information see School of Social and Political Sciences

Description

This course considers a range of advanced biotechnologies, in their health, environmental and national security contexts. It explores such issues as new bioweapons/bioterrorism, biosurveillance, genetic engineering of humans and animals, and the futurist idea of human enhancement via technology. We will discuss in detail, and through various national and regional examples, how new scientific knowledge is applied, exploited, and controlled, and how its applications are shaped. No scientific training is necessary to enrol in this course.

Pre-requisites