NSCI 1305 — Science and Society
| Lecture Science and Society is an interdisciplinary course that allows students to investigate current and historical issues in a variety of scientific fields through the lenses of ethics and impacts on society. Students will learn how to research topics using a variety of sources, analyze and validate information, distinguish between scientific evidence and pseudoscientific claims, and use evidence to support arguments. The process of scientific investigation, potential sources of bias and error, and the meaning of scientific consensus will be discussed, along with the roles and responsibilities of the media and government in both oversight and direction of research and of communicating scientific information to the public MNTC Goal Area(s): 09, 03