GEND 460 - The Ethical Mind: Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Minimum of 60 earned semester hours
Description: This course addresses the important issues of professional ethics in sciences. These include normative standards of conduct and research integrity in diverse scientific disciplines. The course covers the core instructional areas identified by the U.S. Public Health Service’s Office of Research Integrity. The student explores how to apply an ethics method to recognize and deal effectively with issues pertaining to human/animal experimentation, conflicts of interest, collaborative research, peer review, and other important issues that will benefit them now and in their future personal, academic, and professional endeavors. Offered Fall semester, annually.