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Mar 28, 2024
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BIOL 321 - Genetics Description: A lecture and laboratory course in the basic principles of heredity of plants and animals. Four hours lecture and two hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: BIOL 183 and BIOL 213 or by permission.
Credits: (5)
Learner Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Develop problem solving skills and ability to identify and clarify a problem, gather and evaluate information, consider alternatives, and improve problem solving effectiveness.
- Think critically about the scientific, ethical, and economic ramifications of genetic information and the role of genetics in modern society
- Compare and contrast structure and function of DNA, genes, and chromosomes.
- Analyze and evaluate data for Mendelian patterns of inheritance, heredity, and genetic extensions.
- Apply knowledge of cellular processes including cell cycle, mitosis, and meiosis to genetics.
- Infer relationships between genotype and phenotype based on conceptual and mechanistic details of DNA replication, gene regulation, and gene expression
- Use concepts of DNA technology and analyze and evaluate its scientific and ethical application to science and society.
- Determine how DNA mutation and repair and associated mechanisms are involved in loss of genetic control and disease.
- Construct a scientific argument and defend an advocacy position.
- Reflect on problem solving effectiveness and revise thinking process.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date: 1/27/20
Anticipated Course Offering Terms and Locations: Fall Locations: Ellensburg Winter Locations: Ellensburg Spring Locations: Ellensburg Summer Locations: Ellensburg
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