An interdisciplinary approach to the investigation of the causes and consequences of global atmospheric change such as global warming and ozone depletion. Team projects focus primarily on impacts on New Jersey and the northeast and on developing and evaluating potential solutions. Environmental, agricultural, social, economic and political factors affecting the distribution of emerging infectious diseases are examined. Examples of potential topics for case studies are food additives, fat substitutes, food irradiation, artifical sweeteners, and antibiotics used in meat production.
Students work in small groups on a particular issue of their choosing.
This course is designed to give students an overview of how industry works in general and an understanding of the role of science in the discovery and development of products for consumer use. Examples from both the pharmaceutical and agricultural biotechnology sectors are considered. This colloquium addresses both the public health issue of the blood supply and class action litigation. It is offered by an attorney who successfully represented hemophiliacs who had received AIDS-contaminated plasma, and should be of interest to students concerned with environmental protection as well as to those interested in public health issues. Eric H. Weinberg, Esq.