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Academic Year 2000/2001


Genetics and Its Human Concerns
BIOL 101 SP

Our understanding of heredity will be reviewed in Mendelian terms and refined and extended in chemical terms. Throughout, emphasis will be on understanding scientific inquiry as exemplified by genetics. Also, the relations of genetic engineering to individual concerns and social need are examined.

MAJOR READINGS

Human Genetics textbook (To be announced later).

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three exams, one term paper/poster presentation, four problem sets or short writing assignments.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NSM BIOL    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001


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