Unit details

GENE4001 Advanced Studies in Genetics and Genomics

Credit

6 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Semester 1	UWA (Perth)	Face to face
Semester 1	Online	Online Restricted

Details for undergraduate courses

• Level 4 elective
• Honours core unit in Genetics [Bachelor of Science (Honours)]

Content

The topics covered in this unit build on those presented in undergraduate units, and reflect cutting-edge developments in genetics and genomics, providing students with an understanding and knowledge of the discipline at an advanced level. Topics include (1) genomics—high throughput exploration of cellular function; (2) evolutionary/population genomics; (3) transcriptomics—insights into the coding capacity of genomes; and (4) synthetic biology . Students develop and present a lecture on an aspect of one of the topics through independent readings, in consultation with the academic staff member in charge of the topic. The lecture highlights the research that has led to our current understanding of the topic.

The main academic objective is for students to gain an understanding and an appreciation of how the knowledge in a field of genetics and/or genomics progresses. Students' abilities in identifying appropriate sources of literature, critical thinking, experimental design, and interpretation of results are extended. Students also broaden their knowledge base and gain experience in presenting material unrelated to their research project.

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) discuss recent advances in the disciplines of genetics and genomics; (2) develop the emergence of a scientific discipline in historical, technological and knowledge-based contexts, and present this information in the form of a lecture.; and (3) search and manage the acquired information, think critically, analyse data, and interpret results.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) assignment; (2) oral presentation; and (3) exam. Further information is available in the unit outline.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Except where supplementary assessment is not available in a unit, it will be offered to students in all units who:

• Are in good academic standing overall;
• Have passed over half the units taken in the teaching period concerned, except where they are only enrolled in two or less units in the period;
• Have submitted all assessment items in the unit;
• Have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit; and
• No finding of academic misconduct has been made against them in the unit concerned.

Additionally student may apply for supplementary assessment in any unit which is the final unit required for graduation in there course and where they have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Associate Professor Michael Considine

Unit rules

Prerequisites:

Enrolment in 71520 Master of Biomedical Science or 71540 Master of Health Science or 71580 Master of Biotechnology or BH004 Bachelor of Science (Honours) or 70550 Master of Bioinformatics and Successful completion of one Unit(s) GENE4003 Integrated Topics in Genetics II or Enrolment in Major(s) Genetics or Major(s) Anatomy and Human Biology and Successful completion of one Unit(s) ANHB3321 Biological Anthropology: Genes and Society

Co-requisites:

Nil

Advisable prior study:

undergraduate major in Genetics or equivalent

Incompatibility:

Nil

Contact hours

Approx 12hrs workshops followed by self-led research and consultation with academic staff to plan your presentation. There will be approx 6hrs contact during presentations.