Genetics

 Instructor Peter A. Kish, Ph.D.
Telephone 522-7815
Email office pkish@ossm.edu
Home pakish@itlnet.net
Home page http://www.ossm.edu/~pkish

Course Description:

This course will present genetic principles and focus on Mendelian, molecular and population genetics. Genetic engineering, genetic counseling, and ethical problems will be discussed.

Course Objectives:

To provide the student with the opportunity to examine the principles of genetics and the application of those principles in both the individual and within populations.

Course Requirements:

Course Grade:

The course grade will be determined in the following manner:
Lecture:3-hour exams @ 100 pts each
1 Final exam @ 200 pts
pop quizzes various points
1 article summary @25pts each
Homework assignments as assigned various pts

To calculate the grade at any particular point in time you:

A) add all test and quiz scores
B) divide by the total number of possible points.


All exams will be announced about one week in advance of the actual date. Quizzes will be given within the first 15 minutes of last class of the week. (i.e. on Thursday if the class meets on Tues./Thurs. or Friday if the class is a Mon/Wed/Fri. class) Make-up exams will be given if a doctor's excuse or other valid excuse can be provided. The exam must be made up within one week of the original exam date. Corrected exams will be returned in about one week after they are given.
I do not grade on a curve and I do not give extra credit assignments.
Textbook: Griffiths, A.J.F., S.R. Wessler, R.C. Lewontin, W.M. Gelbart, D.T. Suzuki,andJ.H. Miller . 2004. An introduction to genetic analysis. W.H. Freeman and Co. Publishing New York, NY.
outline for the first semester exam
outline for the second semester exam
outline for the second semester exam
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