Name of Course: Bio-Ethics

School District: Malone Central Schools

Instructor: Denise Rogers

Length of Course: Full Year

Maximum Total Class Enrollment - All Sites: 30

Prerequisite: Students will have successfully completed two lab science courses and will have passed one
Regents science exam.

Description: Bioethics course description

This course is designed to confront the collision of personal morals, societal ethics, technology, and science.
Students are introduced to the idea o debate vs. dialog, justice, creating logical arguments, and empathy for
others.

This course is designed to increase critical thinking skills, improve verbal and written skills, allow students to
do research with a purpose, and to appreciate that ethical issues are disagreed on.

Few issues in the "real world" are black and white.

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