Genetics and Society
Seminar, 3 ECTS, Wednesday 17:00-18:30 in room E03.052.
Module:
Lecture: Organismic interactions and sustainable agriculture
Practical Course: Plant-microbe interactions or Eukaryotic gene regulation
Content:
- Sustainable development goals of the united nations and their relevance for agriculture
- global chalenges in agricultures
- genetic engineering technologies
- plant breeding technologies
- Hybridization technologies
- Horizontal gene transfer
Skills:
- advanced understanding of literature search and evaluation
- how to prepare a scientific presentation
- how to moderate a scientific discussion
- debating social impacts of scientific advances
Structure of the seminars:
Workload:
3 ECTS-points = 90 hours
Preparation for seminars: 3.0 h (x10 = 30 h)
Seminar attendance: 1.5 h (x12 = 18 h)
Preparation of presentation: 42 h