Electives
Genome Ethics/Law/Policy elective courses list:
ENGLISH 171ES*+ Human Genome in Literature/Film/News
ENGLISH 173S.03 Evolution in Science & Culture
ENGLISH 173.04 New Media, Literature and Genes
GENOME 98FCS+ Secrets of Life: DNA, Property Rights, and Human Indentity
GENOME 138S/PUBPOL 133S Scientists and Public Policy
GENOME 158S/AAAS 159S Race, Genomics, and Society
GENOME 178S Special Topics in Social Impacts of Genomics
HLTHMGMT 491.401 Biotechnology: Management of Drug Discovery
LIT 262/ PHIL 270/ISIS 270 BodyWorks
PHIL 95FCS+ Ethical Issues in Genomics
PHIL 118 Issues in Medical Ethics
PHIL 114/BIOLOGY 174 Philosophy of Biology
PHIL 291S.92/PPS 264S.92 Political Philosophy and Public Policy in Genomics
PHIL 291S.01 /PPS 264S.01 Ethics of Biotechnology Policy
PUBPOL 81FCS.01* Genome Revolution & Policy
PUBPOL 195S.F65/ HIS 105S.F65* Social & Political History of Genomics
PUBPOL 195S.04* Human Genome & Law
PUBPOL 196S.05 Science & the Media
PUBPOL 196S.66* Health Genetic Age
PUBPOL 240/ CBB 212 Responsible Genomics
Religion 166S* Am Protestantism, Scientific Progress, National Identity
WRITING 20 Beyond Genes*
WRITING 20
Genetics and Society: Promise or Peril?
WRITING 20 Defining Our Genes, Ourselves*
WOMENST 119* Feminism/Reproductive Ethics/Genetics
WOMENST 150S.04 * Evolution, Genomics and Gender
*Courses are not currently offered. Listed here for retroactive credit.
+ FOCUS course.
# Special Topics course to be developed; at least one topical section offering per academic year
Genome Science elective courses list:
BIOLOGY 49S.01 Biotechnology & the New Genetics
BIOLOGY 147 Introduction to Systems Biology
BIOLOGY 187 Evolutionary Genetics & Genomics
BIOLOGY 194FCS+ Genomes, Biology & Medicine
BIOLOGY 270S Genetics & Evolution of Complex Traits
BIOLOGY 271 Genomics
BIOLOGY 271L Genomics Lab
BIOLOGY 274 Human Evolutionary Genomics
BIOLOGY 278S Genetic Basis of Behavior
BIOLOGY 280S Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
BIOLOGY 289S Advanced Topics in Genome Sciences Research
BME 258L.01/ CBB 222 Genomic Science and Technology Lab
BME 265.09 Model and Engineering Gene Circuits
CBB 220 Genomic Tools & Technologies
CBB 241 Statistical Genetics
CBB 262/COMPSCI 262 Computational Systems Biology
COMPSCI 04FSC-01* Introduction to Computational Genomics and Computer Science
COMPSCI 06G+ Introduction to Programming with Genomics
COMPSCI 160 Introduction to Computational Genomics
GENOME 148 Genome Sciences & Society
GENOME 188S Topics in Genome Sciences
PSY 203S Gene-Environment Interplay
PSY 215S Developmental Behavioral Genetics
*Course is no longer offered. Listed here for retroactive credit.
+ FOCUS course.
These elective lists will be supplemented in future years with the development of new courses. Other courses, not listed here, may be approved as an elective through petition to the Program Director.