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Freshman Academic Planning Guide (BA/BS)

Mad Scientists, Bad Scientists and evil geniuses

Instructor: Leanna Giacarlo

Department: Chemistry

Course Number: FSEM 100ZZ

CRN: 11987

In this course we will examine how science and scientists have been perceived and described in literature, cinema and other media. We will explore numerous classic depictions of scientists "gone astray" as well as more modern, morally/ethically questionable ones and attempt to determine why they are viewed as mad, bad and evil.