[PatrickHenry]

Personally, I think it's a good thing to spend a few credit hours going over some of the nonsense future scientists will come across in their professional careers, especially the stuff that spills out of biology and into other disciplines.

The material is too thin for an entire course. The course should be something like the philosophy of science, with emphasis on the scientific method, and various assaults it has endured. At least one course in logic should be a prerequisite.

[doc30]

The material is too thin for an entire course. The course should be something like the philosophy of science, with emphasis on the scientific method, and various assaults it has endured. At least one course in logic should be a prerequisite.

It might make an interesting, optional 1 credit hour course. And you are right. A good study of the philosophy of science and in logic early in a scientist's academic career would be most constructive. Alas, most science departments are crammed full of core courses for thier respective majors that it is difficult to squeeze in other, non-science elective courses, let alone what you propose. And then adding a particular university's graduation required social studies courses related to affermative action or gender studies just makes it worse.