PLANT GENOME ENGINEERING AND EDITING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( BOTANY/BIOLOGY 130 , ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 152 , ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 102 , or BIOCORE 381 ) and ( CHEM 104 , 109 , or 116 ), or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Biological Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recall and summarize the general principles, practices and application of plant cell and tissue culture, and genetic engineering and gene editing in science, agriculture and industry. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Apply experimental design and analysis of plant biotechnology experiments. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Illustrate representative plant cell culture and bioengineering techniques. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Recall biosafety and regulatory requirements for conducting research involving cell culture, microbes and recombinant DNA. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Understand issues and challenges encountered in the areas of in vitro culture and plant biotechnology Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Demonstrate understanding, application and synthesis of concepts learned in the course through completion of a review paper on approved topics relating to plant biotechnology Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recall and summarize the general principles, practices and application of plant cell and tissue culture, and genetic engineering and gene editing in science, agriculture and industry. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Apply experimental design and analysis of plant biotechnology experiments. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Illustrate representative plant cell culture and bioengineering techniques. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Recall biosafety and regulatory requirements for conducting research involving cell culture, microbes and recombinant DNA. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Understand issues and challenges encountered in the areas of in vitro culture and plant biotechnology Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Demonstrate understanding, application and synthesis of concepts learned in the course through completion of a review paper on approved topics relating to plant biotechnology Audience: Graduate