May 06, 2025  
BVU Academic Catalog 2024-2025 
    
BVU Academic Catalog 2024-2025
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BIOL 260 - Genetics


4 Credit(s)

Principles of heredity in animals and plants with applications to human disease, agriculture, biochemistry, and evolution. Synthesis of classical Mendelian and modern molecular perspectives is emphasized. Three lecture hours plus two hours of laboratory per week.

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 163  and BIOL 164  or permission from instructor.

Course Frequency: S

Grading Method: Student option.

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Describe the structure and function of nucleic acids, genes and chromosomes.
  2. Understand applications of molecular genetics.
  3. Integrate genetic information with medicine, biodiversity, and agriculture.



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