BILD 44. Scientific Perspectives for a Changing World (4 units)
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Description
Science can help us define and solve problems of the modern world, from how to improve health and change people’s behavior to how to protect the environment. This course will train students to assess scientific claims and their implications in today’s complex information ecosystem, critically engaging from the scale of data analysis through to the social framework in which research is carried out and presented. Contemporary case studies from natural and social sciences will be discussed.
Prerequisite courses
BILD 44 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have BILD 44 as a prerequisite.