Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2014

     

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FWIS 180 001 (CRN: 23014)

WEIRD SCIENCE

Long Title: WEIRD SCIENCE: BLOOD, BODY SNATCHING, & FRANKENSTEIN MONSTERS IN THE MEDICAL SCIENCES & LITERATURE
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Basnett, Kattie M.
Meeting: 9:25AM - 10:40AM TR (13-JAN-2014 - 25-APR-2014) 
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
 
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 15
Enrollment data as of: 9-MAY-2024 11:48PM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: Final Exam Unknown
 
Description: Course texts will begin by exploring the ethics of early modern medical practices, including body snatching of the purposes of human dissection and Frankenstien-esque attempts at reviving corpses, and will move forward into questions about contemporary medical ethics and the ethical dangers imagined for our future by dystopic writers.
 
Course URL: http://pwc.rice.edu//