民意测验中的科学：选民生物学，第二部分

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课程概况

Science plays a crucial role in your decisions as you go about your daily life. The representatives you elect and the legislation you vote on influences science legislation, limits and funding. This class will teach you fundamentals of modern biology to help you make more informed voting decisions.

As you learn the fundamentals of Biology, we’ll explore the scientific issues sparking political debate:

Genetically modified food and genetically modified crops
Genetically modified organisms
Obesity and health care costs
Cancer research funding
Aging

We look forward to engaging course discussions about how each vote in a democracy affects the way biology functions in your everyday life.

预备知识

We will be assuming background knowledge at the level of a high school biology course. A high school chemistry course would be nice for some of the lectures, but not required. No other science background will be assumed.