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Taught by senior lecturer Allen MacNeill of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department, Cornell's four-credit seminar course will use books such as "Debating Design," by William Dembski and Michael Ruse; and "Darwin's Black Box," by Michael Behe.

It is being taught in the hard sciences. I'm wondering what the level of the coursework will be. If it is graduate level, the students will ahve a much deeper understanding of biological sciences than the majority of people in the crevo debates. This may be an elective that will simply be testing students by dissecting faulty ID concepts.

[Coyoteman]

It is being taught in the hard sciences. I'm wondering what the level of the coursework will be. If it is graduate level, the students will ahve a much deeper understanding of biological sciences than the majority of people in the crevo debates. This may be an elective that will simply be testing students by dissecting faulty ID concepts.

Teach the controvesy! Support academic freedom! Teach critical thinking!

[But just 'cuz we finally got ID into a science class doesn't mean you can criticize it. That's not what we wanted at all! You just gotta belieeeeeeeeeeeeve!]

[connectthedots]

This may be an elective that will simply be testing students by dissecting faulty ID concepts.

If that is the intent, I don't think it will work. I suspect those who take this class will be quite versed in ID and evolution, and will not let the lecturer get away with B.S. comments denigrating ID.