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Advanced Topic: Biomedicine & Health

WZ8113Advanced Topics5 ECTSEnglishwinter semesterDepartment Science, Technology and Society
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What it is about

You engage with advanced questions in Science & Technology Studies (STS) on biomedicine and health. You will learn how concepts of ‘body’, ‘health’, ‘illness’ and ‘self’ shift through biomedicine innovations and how these changes have social, political and ethical consequences. In the end you will be able to critically reflect on relevant lines of research and develop your own small research questions and projects on the topic.

What you will be able to do

  • Understand advanced theories and concepts in research on biomedicine and society and apply them to small research projects
  • Critically discuss concepts such as ‘body’, ‘health’, ‘illness’ and ‘self’
  • Analyze possibilities and effects of biomedicine technologies (e.g., genetics, stem cell research, neurobiology, epigenetics)
  • Evaluate and reflect on social, political and ethical questions of new biomedical findings and technologies
  • Develop a relevant research question and apply it in a small research project

What the module consists of

  • Seminar / Advanced TopicArbeit mit fortgeschrittener Literatur, Fallstudienbearbeitung und Durchführung kleiner Forschungsprojekte

Teaching method

  • Intensive LektüreVermittelt vertieftes Wissen zu Theorien, Konzepten und Ansätzen
  • FallstudienarbeitTrainiert Strukturierung von Wissen und Anwendung empirischer Ansätze auf Themen wie Stammzellforschung, Neurobiologie oder (Epi)genetik
  • Kleine ForschungsprojekteErmöglichen das Testen von Erkenntnissen und die Entwicklung eigener Forschungsfragen
  • Präsentation und DiskussionÜbt das strukturierte Vortragen und die Verteidigung eigener Argumente im akademischen Diskurs
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