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Oct 23, 2026
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BIOL 2202 - Genetics
Credits: 4
Catalog Description
This course includes a study of the storage, transfer, and expression of hereditary information. It engages students in topics and inquiry related to transmission, molecular, and population genetics. The course includes 3 lecture hours and 1 three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): BIOL 1106
Recommended Skills, Abilities, or Coursework: BIOL 1107 strongly recommended
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s) fulfilled: Goal 03: Natural Sciences
Additional fee to student: No
Learner Outcomes
- Explain and apply fundamental concepts related to the storage, transfer, and expression of genetic information at the cellular, organismal, and population level.
- Use critical thinking skills to understand, evaluate, and analyze processes of inheritance.
- Demonstrate ability to apply relevant statistical tests to genetic data.
- Formulate a hypothesis and conduct and analyze experiments utilizing a model organism.
- Organize, draft, edit, and revise formal scientific writing.
- Read, interpret, incorporate, and cite information and ideas from primary literature, both in writing and orally.
- Utilize and understand the application of a genetic/genomic technology and its impact in a diverse society.
Major Areas of Course Content
- DNA Structure and Function
- Cell Cycle, Mitosis, and Meiosis
- Mendelian Principles and Analysis of Inheritance
- Multi-Gene Expression
- Non-Mendelian Inheritance
- Gene Mapping
- Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Genome Organization in Viruses, Prokaryotes, and Eukaryotes
- DNA Replication
- Transcription
- Translation
- Mutations
- Transposition
- Epigenetics
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.
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