Human Genetics
** available as of 06/15/2025
** available as of 06/15/2025
Prerequisites: BIOL 282.
Students will learn the foundations of human complex trait genetics in this course-based undergraduate research experience. They will analyze and discuss primary literature in human genetics, understand how our genes do and do not influence human differences, apply software tools used in the field, and gain experience in oral and written presentation of research.
Outcomes: Learn the foundations of human complex trait genetics; Analyze and discuss primary literature in human genetics; Begin applying the scripting and software tools used in the field; Design, implement, and evaluate a guided genome-wide analysis of a human phenotype; Gain experience in oral and written presentations of research.
Students will learn the foundations of human complex trait genetics in this course-based undergraduate research experience. They will analyze and discuss primary literature in human genetics, understand how our genes do and do not influence human differences, apply software tools used in the field, and gain experience in oral and written presentation of research.
Outcomes: Learn the foundations of human complex trait genetics; Analyze and discuss primary literature in human genetics; Begin applying the scripting and software tools used in the field; Design, implement, and evaluate a guided genome-wide analysis of a human phenotype; Gain experience in oral and written presentations of research.