CHEM-181 Ethical Practices of Chemistry in Society (3)

The act of performing chemistry and the use of chemical technologies are defined by the people who practice chemistry. Because this is a human endeavor, the practice of chemistry can be diminished by technical errors and by decisions about what research ideas are important, whose research capabilities are best, and how new technologies should be deployed. Students are immersed in an ongoing research project of societal significance while exploring how to make this research more inclusive. Students learn new laboratory techniques, explore chemistry’s history of exclusion and exploitation, and engage with different ways chemistry can be more inclusive and just in both the lab and in society. Usually Offered: spring. Grading: A-F only. Prerequisite: CHEM-111.