Evergreen
Valley College
Syllabus
for Human Heredity 061 – Spring Semester 2006
Course Description:
This course stresses the importance of human heredity in one's daily life,
how to keep up with the rapidly changing areas of human heredity, and how to
learn more about specific genetic disorders that are of interest to students
and their families. It covers
the role and importance of genetic counselors and the genetic tests for
disorders. The course includes the role of genetics in medicine,
agriculture, and recombinant DNA technology.
Lecture: Room
S-160 Fridays at 9:00 -12:25 pm
Required
Materials: Human
Heredity Principles and Issues 7thEdition. ISBN #
0-534-49511-7. Packet
of Scantron 883-E
Instructor’s
Office Location: Sequoia
(S-106)
Office Hours:
Wednesdays (5:15-6:15) & Thursday
1:00-4:00, Also available upon reservation.
Biology
Instructor:
Mr. Al González
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A.A. Evergreen Valley
College
§
B.A. U.C. Santa Cruz
§
M.Sc. Yale University
E-mail
Address: alfred.gonzalez@evc.edu
Course URL:
http://www.brookscole.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&discipline_number=22&product_isbn_issn=0534495117
Faculty
Webpage: http://faculty.evc.edu/al.gonzalez/
Learning
Outcomes:
1)
Define basic biology/genetics concepts and terminology.
2)
Recognize the importance of understanding human heredity for the
health of oneself and the health of the family.
3)
Research using the Internet to investigate human genetic disorders
and to analyze the information available from the Human Genome Project.
4)
Recognize genetic disorders and the modes of inheritance.
Be able to predict the risks of inheritance of various genetic
disorders.
5)
Distinguish the cause and results of mutations as well as investigate
the role of dermatogens in birth defects.
6)
Demonstrate the role and importance of genetic counselors.
7)
Indicate the genetic tests available. Analyze the medical,
psychological and legal consequences of taking these tests.
8)
Investigate bioethics.
9)
Describe recombinant DNA technology and demonstrate the many uses and
products that have
resulted from this area.
