| Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) |
Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives |
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Competency Indicators |
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Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
The primary goals of this course are:
- To learn how the genomics data are being produced.
- To learn what type of information a genome can provide.
- To learn basic bioinformatics resources and quantitative concepts used for analyzing genome information.
- To learn how genomic data are being used to gain new insights into biology and how are these information used for agriculture application. |
| 1.Professional agricultural knowledge |
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| Discussion |
| Lecturing |
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| Quiz |
| Attendance |
| Written Presentation |
| Oral Presentation |
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| Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
Basic concepts and history
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| Week 2 |
Genome structure |
| Week 3 |
Mapping genomes – Cytological maps, genetic map, physical map |
| Week 4 |
Sequencing genomes - Evolution of sequencing technology (Sanger Chain termination sequencing, traditional method and automation) |
| Week 5 |
Sequencing genomes - Evolution of sequencing technology (NGS)
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| Week 6 |
Sequencing genomes -How is a genome put together from the sequences (genome assembly) |
| Week 7 |
Genome annotation
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| Week 8 |
Functional Genomics - transcriptome I |
| Week 9 |
Functional Genomics - transcriptome II |
| Week 10 |
Mid-term exam |
| Week 11 |
Assessing genome variations |
| Week 12 |
Comparative Genomics – The evolution aspect of genomics |
| Week 13 |
Metagenomics |
| Week 14 |
Genomics and Agriculture – cases study |
| Week 15 |
Class project discussion |
| Week 16 |
Class project discussion
Class project discussion
Final Exam |
self-directed
learning |
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| Evaluation |
Class project report and exams.
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| Textbook & other References |
Textbooks are not required, however the following two books provide good information of the topics that we are going to cover:
A Primer in Genome Science. By Greg Gibson and Spencer V. Muse. Sinauer Associates, INC. Publishers, Sunderland, MA.
Genomics. By Philip N. Benfey and Alexander D. Protopapas Pearson Prentice Hall
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| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
| Teaching materials will be available on the class portal of Learning website. |
| Office Hours |
| Monday 1-3 pm |
| Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL) |
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