ETHICS, SAFETY, AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Ethical and safety concerns in development, production, funding, and application of biotechnology. Analysis of socioeconomic impacts. Understanding the importance of data integrity. Overview of risk assessment and management in a regulatory environment designed to ensure safety of workers, study subjects, and patients, and protect intellectual property, data, and the environment.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in Applied Biotechnology program Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Critically assess workplace and research situations that may lead to ethical conflicts of interest and demonstrate appropriate responses. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify regulatory agencies and recommendation bodies that inform and/or enforce areas of ethical oversight in both the US and abroad. Audience: Graduate 3. Obtain and interpret primary documentation from regulatory bodies. Audience: Graduate 4. Analyze and assess the costs and benefits of different regulatory frameworks. Audience: Graduate 5. Communicate regulatory information to others in a professional capacity. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Critically assess workplace and research situations that may lead to ethical conflicts of interest and demonstrate appropriate responses. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify regulatory agencies and recommendation bodies that inform and/or enforce areas of ethical oversight in both the US and abroad. Audience: Graduate 3. Obtain and interpret primary documentation from regulatory bodies. Audience: Graduate 4. Analyze and assess the costs and benefits of different regulatory frameworks. Audience: Graduate 5. Communicate regulatory information to others in a professional capacity. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027