You are responsible for all required readings listed above, and any supplemental handouts which may be distributed. Each student will be allowed three lecture absences without penalty. For each lecture absence beyond three, one percentage point will be deducted from the semester percentage grade prior to converting to the semester letter grade. During lecture, you are encouraged to ask questions and to bring up relevant issues with the instructor. However, talking to other students during lecture will not be tolerated.
Offenders run the risk of expulsion from the course.
Each student will have the option of submitting a bioethics position paper. If you do not submit a term paper, your semester grade will not be affected in any way. Near the end of the semester, you will be assigned a bioethics problem situation. You are to research the topic, and develop a position, and support the position with background information and value statements. Papers submitted late will lose 10 points for each day, or fraction of day, submitted beyond the announced deadline.