Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will be able to describe types of mutations at the molecular level.
• Students will be able to describe the role of gene expression in development using specific genes as examples.
• Students will be able to explain the process of RNA and protein synthesis and how these processes are regulated.
• Students will be able to relate the structures of DNA to DNA replication.
• Students will be able to describe the components of the eukaryotic genome.
• Students will be able to determine the mode of inheritance of a human genetic disorder from examining a pedigree of inheritance of that disorder.
• Students will be able to solve genetics problems involving linkage and recombination.
• Students will be able to solve genetics problems including those involving dominance, incomplete dominance, multiple genes, sex linkage, and epistasis.
• Students will be able to identify and discuss the ethical and moral implications of genetic technology including recombinant DNA technology.
• Students will be able to describe the methods and applications of recombinant DNA technology.
• Students will be able to discuss the relationship between mutation and molecular evolution and evolution in organisms.
• Students will be able to describe types of mutations at the chromosomal level including aneuploidies, deletions, duplications, inversions and translocations.