The following courses have open seats as of Tuesday 8/21 @ 9:30 AM. Descriptions of the courses are below.
- GN301 Genetics in Human Affairs
- GN311 Principles of Genetics
- GN312 Elementary Genetics Laboratory
- GN425 Advanced Genetics Laboratory
- GN424 Genes and Development
GN301 Genetics in Human Affairs: Appreciation and understanding of genetics in everyday life. Genetic perspective on normal human development, birth defects, birth control, cancer, organ transplants, intelligence, mental illness, and radiation and chemical exposure and issues raised by applications of recently developed genetic techniques such as in vitro fertilization, genetic engineering and prenatal monitoring.
GN311 Principles of Genetics: Basic concepts and principles of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genetics. Mendelian inheritance, polygenic inheritance, linkage and mapping, chromosome aberrations, population genetics, evolution, DNA structure and replication, gene expression, mutation, gene regulation, extranuclear inheritance, bacterial and viral genetics, and recombinant DNA technology. Prerequisite: BIO 183 or ZO 160
GN312 Elementary Genetics Laboratory: Genetic experiments and demonstrations using a variety of bacterial, plant and animal organisms. Mendelian inheritance, linkage analysis, population genetics, cytogenetics, biochemical genetics, DNA isolation, electrophoresis, and Southern blotting. Corequisite: GN 311
GN425 Advanced Genetics Laboratory: This is a challenging advanced genetics laboratory designed to provide research and communication training and in-depth understanding of modern genetics through hands-on activities. Students will participate in a semester-long supervised research project in contemporary genetics using a model genetic organism and state-of-the-art techniques. The project will be directly related to research in the coordinating faculty member’s laboratory. The project will require literature review, hypothesis development, experimental design and execution, data analysis and presentation of results in written and oral form. Prerequisite: GN 312; Corequisite: GN 421
GN424 Genes and Development: Overview of pivotal experiments in embryology and developmental genetics; genes and genetic pathways that control development in animal model systems and humans; focus on the application of molecular genetic approaches to the study of genes and development; reading and discussion of primary scientific literature. Cannot receive credit for both GN 434 and BIO 361. Prerequisite: C- or better in GN 311