1 credit
Spring 2026 Laboratory Departmental CreditUpper Division
This course is a hands-on laboratory course that uses plants and microorganisms to demonstrate basic concepts of classical, molecular, and modern genetics. This course is designed to provide students with fundamental knowledge and skills for conducting genetics and molecular biology laboratory experiments. Students will gain experience with methods including but not limited to gel electrophoresis, DNA extraction, PCR, cloning, restriction digest analysis, phenotypic analysis, DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, SNP genotyping, qualitative gene expression analysis, and quantitative gene expression analysis. Students will learn how to plan and validate their laboratory experiments. The goal of this course is to prepare students to confidently perform and interpret experimental results in future laboratory courses or careers.
Learning Outcomes1Apply fundamental principles of genetics to modern methods of genetic analyses.
2Plan, perform, and interpret classical genetics laboratory experiments and methods.
3Identify and utilize bioinformatic genetics resources to plan and perform an experiment.
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