The following topics/concepts were identified from recent course syllabi. Based on the way you and your co-instructors
teach the course, and thinking about what you want students to retain 6 months to a year after the course is over,
please categorize each topic/concept according to the following scale. Please also add any clarifying comments:
0 = Not important / Not taught
1 = Worth being familiar with / Nice for students to know
2 = Important for students to know and/or be able to do
3 = "Enduring" understanding / Essential knowledge for biologists
Genetics core course topic evaluation
Topic or concept:
Mitosis
Meiosis
DNA as hereditary material
Dominant/recessive alleles
Single gene inheritance
Independent assortment
Gene interactions
Genetic linkage
Mapping eukaryotic chromosomes
Bacterial genetics
Bacterial gene transfer
Bacterial gene mapping
Viral genetics
DNA structure
DNA replication
RNA transcription
RNA processing
The genetic code
Protein synthesis
Gene isolation and manipulation/Recombinant DNA technology
Biotechnology
Bacterial gene expression/regulation
Viral gene expression/regulation
Eukaryotic gene expression/regulation
DNA mutation
DNA repair
DNA recombination
Transposable elements
Large-scale chromosomal mutations
Genomes/Genomics
Developmental genetics
Quantitative genetics
Population genetics
Molecular evolution
Medical genomics
Cancer genomics
Cancer systems biology
Average SEM
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0.33
2.67
0.33
3.00
0.00
2.33
0.33
2.33
0.33
2.67
0.33
2.33
0.33
2.33
0.33
2.00
0.58
2.00
0.00
2.00
0.00
2.00
0.58
2.00
0.58
3.00
0.00
2.67
0.33
2.67
0.33
2.33
0.67
3.00
0.00
2.67
0.33
2.67
0.33
3.00
0.00
2.33
0.33
1.33
0.33
2.67
0.33
2.00
0.58
2.00
0.58
2.00
0.58
2.67
0.33
2.33
0.33
3.00
0.00
2.67
0.33
2.00
0.00
2.33
0.33
2.33
0.33
1.67
0.33
1.67
0.33
1.67
0.33