Making Babies in the 21st Century
Explore new reproductive technologies and discover the opportunities they provide and the profound social challenges they pose.
What You'll Learn in This Course
Master key concepts and practical skills through structured learning modules. By completing this curriculum, you'll gain valuable expertise applicable to real-world scenarios.
Learning Outcome 1
This course looks at six different areas of assisted reproduction and explores both the science and the impact they are having. The course is structured as a journey, taking as its starting point a person or couple who might make use of technology in order to conceive. The course also looks at the powerful new genetic techniques that are creating new opportunities i the field of reproduction. Understand the choices that surround assisted reproduction: A person or a couple might go through assisted fertility using their own sperm and eggs, and in that case the journey would be quite straightforward. This course covers those cases where the choices might be more difficult, and where more thought is required. These choices include whether: to access fertility online, to freeze eggs to preserve fertility, to choose a known or an anonymous donor, to use a surrogate (and, if so, in an ethical way), to test the embryo or baby for genetic abnormalities whether to allow future development in human genome editing.
Skills You'll Develop
This comprehensive Making Babies in the 21st Century curriculum is designed to take you from foundational concepts to advanced implementation. Each module builds upon the previous, ensuring a structured learning path that maximizes knowledge retention and practical application.
Course Requirements & Target Audience
Understand what you need to succeed in this course and determine if it's the right fit for your learning goals
What you need before starting this Making Babies in the 21st Century course:
- Following the course, learners will be able to synthesise information from a number of different fields.
- Critically assess the accuracy and value of information about assisted fertility that is provided in the public domain (i.e., on the internet).
- Be able to confidently contribute to the vital societal conversation around the use of reproductive and genetic technologies.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the science and ethics-legal aspects of assisted fertility.
- Develop a deeper understanding of the ways in which fertility medicine is changing the way babies are born and the way families are constructed.
This course is perfect for:
- Motivated learners at any level
- Self-paced students
- Anyone interested in the subject
This course might not be suitable if:
- • You're looking for a quick tutorial rather than comprehensive learning
- • You prefer learning without structured curriculum
- • You need highly specialized or niche content
Course Information & Details
Everything you need to know about this online course, from duration to certification
Subject Category
Politics & Society, Healthcare & Medicine, Fertility & Birth, Medical Technology, Social Issues
Part of our Politics & Society, Healthcare & Medicine, Fertility & Birth, Medical Technology, Social Issues curriculum
Course Language
English
All materials in English
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What's Included
- Regulation of donor gametes (egg and sperm)
- Fertility preservation (egg freezing)
- Donor anonymity and parental disclosure
- International surrogacy agreements, including surrogacy
- Genetic testing of embryos and early in pregnancy
- The prospect of human genome editing
- ✓Instant access after enrollment
- ✓Learn at your own pace
- ✓Direct enrollment with UCL (University College London)
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