Human Genetics

Graduate-level course on how variation in the human genome translates into disease — Mendelian disorders, chromosomal aberrations, cancer genetics, and the multifactorial traits that sit in between. You'll work through Thompson & Thompson alongside two midterms, a final, homework sets, a presentation, and a project, so expect to read primary literature and reason through pedigrees and diagnostic scenarios rather than just memorize syndromes. It builds on undergraduate molecular biology and genetics, and feeds directly into clinical work like genetic counseling, prenatal diagnosis, and molecular medicine — useful whether you're heading toward a wet lab, a clinic, or bioinformatics.