BIOL3419 (Engaging with Genomics: Ethics Law and Policy) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Focuses on the recent developments in human genetics and how they shape, and are shaped by, society. Topics include several of the most important social and legal aspects of genomic research, including the impact of new technologies on reproduction and kinship, gene editing and enhancement, genetic privacy, race and genomics, and the effects of gene patenting on research and pharmaceutical development. Explores questions related to the responsible conduct of genetic testing and research in human populations, practices of eugenics, rights of stakeholders during genetic testing, the patenting of human genes, and how concepts of race are being used in genetic research and in direct-to-consumer genomics.
Data updated October 2026.