STATISTICS IN HUMAN GENETICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: STAT 333 , 340 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize problems in human genetics that are appropriate for statistical modeling Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify appropriate statistical procedures and computational algorithms for different tasks Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Gain practical experience in applying a select set of statistical methods on real data and evaluate its outputs Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different statistical and computational approaches designed for a specific biological problem Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize problems in human genetics that are appropriate for statistical modeling Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify appropriate statistical procedures and computational algorithms for different tasks Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Gain practical experience in applying a select set of statistical methods on real data and evaluate its outputs Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different statistical and computational approaches designed for a specific biological problem Audience: Graduate