PUBP 8803 Special Topic: Biotechnology Law, Policy, and Ethics
CRN: 26403

Instructor:
Prof. Roberta Berry <http://www.spp.gatech.edu/faculty/faculty/rberry.php>

Enrollment:
Students will include Georgia Tech graduate students and GSU law students
(enrolled in concurrent GSU LAW 7098 Biotechnology Law, Policy, and Ethics).

Certificate or Minor:
This course can be counted toward a graduate minor or certificate
<http://www.spp.gatech.edu/prospective-students/ps_PhDcert.php>.

Formal Audit Available:
Please email Prof. Berry <robertaberry@gatech.edu> for information about the
level of participation required and how to register for the course as a
formal audit (a formal audit course appears on your transcript with a grade
of “V”).

Day/time:
Thursdays, 2:55pm-5:30pm

Place:
Room 104, DM Smith Building (corner of Bobby Dodd and Cherry Street).

Description:
This course examines the legal, policy, and ethical issues associated with
biotechnologies in selected topic areas, which may include genetically
modified foods, nanotechnology, xenotransplantation, artificial organs,
patenting of genes/patenting of life, stem cell research, gene therapy,
preimplantation genetic diagnosis, sex-selection reproductive technologies,
germline genetic engineering of human beings, human reproductive cloning,
and end-of-life technologies. The course will include multi-disciplinary
readings and an interactive format requiring preparation and presentation of
6 short “reaction papers” (about two paragraphs) reacting to assigned
readings for a class session and a “position paper” (about 1500 words) on a
biotechnology issue of the student’s choice.

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