FRESHMAN SEMINAR IN GENETICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss the broader role genetics plays in shaping societal issues and future career paths. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate team-work, interpersonal and problem-solving skills to address societal, ethical and scientific issues related to genetics, and communicate their findings through written, oral and multi-media reports. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Discover academic, campus and community resources that assist in their transition to the university and increase their chance of success as an undergraduate. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Engage in meaningful genetics-related dialogue that addresses inclusivity, diversity and identity in science. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Understand how experiential and classroom learning can help them integrate, synthesize and apply knowledge that explores big questions and big ideas in genetics. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss the broader role genetics plays in shaping societal issues and future career paths. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate team-work, interpersonal and problem-solving skills to address societal, ethical and scientific issues related to genetics, and communicate their findings through written, oral and multi-media reports. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Discover academic, campus and community resources that assist in their transition to the university and increase their chance of success as an undergraduate. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Engage in meaningful genetics-related dialogue that addresses inclusivity, diversity and identity in science. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Understand how experiential and classroom learning can help them integrate, synthesize and apply knowledge that explores big questions and big ideas in genetics. Audience: Undergraduate