484--Cancer Genetics (3 cr)

Prerequisites: Grade C or better in BIOL/BIOCHEM/ANIMLSCI 311 AND either BIOL/BIOCHEM/ANIMLSCI 285 or BMB 275.

This course is centered around three significant projects where teams of students design novel approaches to cancer treatment. These projects are carefully designed to help students come to understand a body of the cancer research literature, while allowing them synthesize relevant concepts to extend or expand upon existing clinical approaches to cancer therapy. Students have considerable ownership of the specific approaches they pursue, and learn how to design cancer therapies while they are learning the cancer research literature in depth. This course is designed for upper division undergraduates who are expected to have prior coursework in genetics and cell and molecular biology.

Offered Spring Semesters Only

Biology Core Requirement Area: 
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Plant requirement: 
No
Lab Requirement: 
No
General Education Requirement: 
No