This multi-institutional course introduces students working in cell biology and regenerative medicine research to ethical, policy, and social issues relevant to the field of stem cell research and the development of cell therapies. Graduate students at Georgia Institute of Technology (GT), University of Georgia (UGA), University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez (UPRM) and University of Wisconsin – Madison (UW) who are participating in the NSF Center for Cell Manufacturing Technologies (CMaT) are expected to take it as part of their graduate programs. The course is open to other interested graduate students at each institution.