Genetics play a crucial role in addressing societal challenges - solving medical mysteries & feeding the world’s population. This course focusses on 5 main areas: medical genetics to improve health, population genetics to understand evolutionary forces & changing environments, agriculture to produce quality food, bacterial/viral genetics & bioinformatics to overcome disease challenges, & genetics & applications in society. You will learn modern concepts & apply acquired knowledge to undertake your own inquiry into the nature of future research & development in this area of science.

Course detail

Prerequisite

LFS100 or SCI102 or (LFS103 and enrolled in program SC355, SC357 or SC354)

Semester of offer Subject to change

• Sunshine Coast: Semester 2

Units

12.00

EFTSL

0.125

Student contribution band

Band 2

Tuition fee

3.2: Science, Engineering, Environmental Studies

Census date

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Course outline

ENS324 Course Outline Semester 2, 2020 (PDF 214KB)

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