COMPUTER-BASED GENE AND DISEASE/DISORDER RESEARCH LAB

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101 , ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151 , BIOCORE 381 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab 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 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Navigate through a range of open access biological databases and extract information to develop new ideas on how genes are linked to diseases, disorders, or traits. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain the link between genes and disorders/diseases. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Create a novel hypothesis about how genes may be linked to disorder or disease. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Synthesize novel findings in the form of class presentation and a final paper. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Work cooperatively by contributing to research performed by classmates. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Apply the techniques learned in class to own research. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Navigate through a range of open access biological databases and extract information to develop new ideas on how genes are linked to diseases, disorders, or traits. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain the link between genes and disorders/diseases. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Create a novel hypothesis about how genes may be linked to disorder or disease. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Synthesize novel findings in the form of class presentation and a final paper. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Work cooperatively by contributing to research performed by classmates. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Apply the techniques learned in class to own research. Audience: Graduate