WEEK 1
Aug. 25, Lecture — Introduction, Nature of Science
No Reading

Aug. 26, Laboratory — The Web as a Scientific Resource
Reading — The Web Docs. Time, April 3, 2000.

WEEK 2
Aug. 30, Lecture — Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy
Reading — The End of the Age of Estrogen. Geoffrey Cowley, Karen Springer.
Newsweek, July 22, 2002.

Sept. 1, Lecture — Prostate Cancer
Reading — Prostate Cancer's Difficult Choices. Karen Springen and Jerry Adler.
Newsweek. June 16, 2003.

Sept. 2, Laboratory — Breast Cancer
Reading — Rethinking Breast Cancer. Christine Gorman. Time, Feb. 18, 2002.

WEEK 3
Sept. 6, Labor Day

Sept. 8, Lecture — Human Sexuality
Reading — The Viagra Craze. Bruce Handy. Time, May 4, 1998.

Sept. 9, No Lab Due to Convocation

WEEK 4
Sept. 13, Lecture — DNA and the Human Genome Project
Reading — We've Only Just Begun. Joannie Schrof Fischer.
U.S. News & World Report, July 3, 2000.

Sept. 15, Lecture — Human Development and Stem Cells
Reading — Tweaking Nature's Repair Kit. Joannie Schrof Fischer.
U.S. News & World Report, June 12, 2000.

Sept. 16, Laboratory — Teratogens and Birth Defects
Reading — Cycle of Shame. Jeff Glasser. U.S. News & World Report, May 20, 2002.

WEEK 5
Sept. 20, Lecture — Individuality and Cloning
Reading — Dolly's False Legacy. Ian Wilmut. Time Jan 11, 1999.
Reading — Send in the Clones? U.S. News & World Report, August 20, 2001.

Sept. 22, Lecture — Genetic Disorders and Gene Therapy
Reading — Good Eggs, Bad Eggs. Frederic Golden. Time, Jan 11, 1999.

Sept. 23, Laboratory — DNA Fingerprinting
Reading — DNA Detectives. Jeffrey Kluger. Time, Jan 11, 1999.

WEEK 6
Sept. 27, Exam I (20% of course grade) (both lect. & lab)

Sept. 29, Lecture — Humans as Biological Machines
Reading — The Hunger Artists. Emily Sohn.
U.S. News & World Report, June 10, 2002.

Sept. 30, Laboratory — Ulcers and the Scientific Method
Reading — Prescriptions: How your Doctor Makes the Choice.
Joseph P. Shapiro, Stacey Schultz. U.S. News & World Report, Feb 19, 2001.

WEEK 7
Oct. 4, Lecture — The Heart, Liver and Alcohol
Reading — When Drinking Helps. Janet Raloff. Science News, March 8, 2003.

Oct. 6, Lecture — Heart Disease
Reading — The No. 1 Killer of Women. Christine Gorman. Time, April 28, 2003.

Oct. 7, Laboratory — Heart Attacks
Reading — Heart Attack — What to Expect. Harvard Health Letter, July 2002.

WEEK 8
Oct. 11, Lecture — Smoking, Emphysema and Lung Cancer
Reading — Let the Butt Stop Here. Harvard Health Letter, October, 2003.

Oct. 13, Lecture — Diseases of the Endocrine System
Reading — The Silent Killer. Joannie M. Schrof.
U.S. News & World Report, April 12, 1999.

Oct. 14, Laboratory — Weight Control
Reading — Weight Gain and Loss. Harvard Health Letter, March 2001.

WEEK 9
Oct. 18, Lecture — Kidneys and the Urinary System
Reading — Urinary Tract Infection. Mayo Clinic Health Letter, June 1999

Oct. 20, Exam II (20% of course grade) (both lect. & lab)

Oct. 21, Laboratory — Dangerous Plants and Animals
Reading — Poison Ivy. Margaret M. Coley.
New York State Conservationist, June 2000.

WEEK 10
Oct. 25, Lecture — Parasites and Disease
Reading — Still Not Out Of The Woods. Christine Gorman. Time, June 25, 2001.

Oct. 27, Lecture — The Immune System, Viruses and Bacteria
Reading — Anatomy of an Outbreak. Jeffrey Kluger. Time, August 3, 1998.

Oct. 28, Laboratory — Antibiotic Resistance
Reading — Battle of the Bugs: Fighting Antibiotic Resistance. Linda Bren.
FDA Consumer, July-August 2002.

WEEK 11
Nov. 1, Lecture — Vaccines and Disease Prevention
Reading — Can We Kiss the Polio Scourge Goodbye? Leslie Roberts.
U.S. News & World Report, August 30, 1999.

Nov. 3, Lecture — HIV Infection and AIDS
Reading — Cruel Lessons from an Epidemic. Nell Boyce.
U.S. News & World Report, June 4, 2001.

Nov. 4, Laboratory — Emerging Diseases
Reading — How Progress Makes Us Sick: Advances that Make Life More Comfortable Can Also Make It More Dangerous. Geoffrey Cowley. Newsweek, May 5, 2003.