Faculty First Year Seminars 191BIO9 - FakeScience:Hoaxes,Lies,Misbeh

Fall
2020
01
1.00
Caleb Rounds
W 10:10AM 11:00AM
UMass Amherst
68987
Fully Remote Class
crounds@umass.edu
Through videos, podcasts and discussion we will focus on famous and not so famous examples of scientific hoaxes and malfeasance from Piltdown Man to Theranos. Primarily we will answer the question: "Did good people do bad science or did bad people use good science wrong?" Classes will be discussion based.
We will also spend time exploring what the campus has to offer and how you as a first year can engineer your experience
Freshmen Only
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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