STS-2154: The Life Sciences and Society
Description: Basic Science, Technology, and Society (STS) perspectives on the life sciences and the ethical issues they raise. Humanistic approaches to analyze how our values and perceptions are informed by the ways that we understand bodies, biology, and life itself. How our hopes, desires, and fears shape the practices and technologies of the life sciences.
Pathways: 2 Critical Thinking Humanities, 10 Ethical Reasoning
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 21
Average GPA: 3.38 (A-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 49.82%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.64%
| Thomas W Staley | 2011 | 33.1% | 42.4% | 18.3% | 0.0% | 3.7% | 2.5% | 2.99 | 3 |
| Rebecca Hester | 2024 | 71.6% | 20.4% | 3.2% | 1.1% | 3.0% | 0.8% | 3.55 | 8 |
| Staff Augustine | 2005 | 60.4% | 26.0% | 2.7% | 5.2% | 5.8% | 0.0% | 3.26 | 2 |
| Matthew R Goodrum | 2007 | 34.3% | 65.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.34 | 1 |
| Saul E Halfon | 2016 | 50.0% | 34.7% | 9.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 0.0% | 3.22 | 2 |
| Thomas W Bigley | 2006 | 91.7% | 8.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.90 | 1 |
| Robert V Davis | 2009 | 70.3% | 22.8% | 5.5% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.51 | 2 |
| Valerie G Hardcastle | 2005 | 17.4% | 52.2% | 13.0% | 17.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.72 | 1 |
| Jane L Lehr | 2007 | 76.0% | 20.0% | 4.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.70 | 1 |