DST 4980/LST 4980/MLS 6020

EUGENICS and THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT

Taught each Spring Semester (3 credits)

(An online course)

The course will be taught by Dr. Patricia A. Murphy, one of the founders of the Disability Studies Program and former director of the Catherine S. Eberly Center for Women.  If you have questions, contact Dr. Murphy patricia.murphy2@utoledo.edu

To enroll:  www.utdl@utoledo.edu

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Course Description: This course will explore the history and implications of the Eugenics Movement and the Human Genome Project and the ethical implications of both this social movement and this scientific undertaking completed in 2003. A disability studies perspective will be employed.

Course Objectives:

1. To explore the history of the Eugenics Movement and its implications for people with disabilities.

2. To explore the Human Genome Project in light of lessons learned in the Eugenics Movement.

3. To explore the meta-question: Whose body is it anyway?