Hello, I am new to the list, and I am looking for a basic course in genetics for a friend. This friend is an adult learner who has finished college years ago, and is now interested in taking a course online, without enrolling in college all over again. I would like to recommend a course that is not from a diploma mill. I'd like this course to be legit and worthwhile. Thanks for any advice you can offer. Sincerely, Ramona
There are a host of such courses. Can you narrow down a little? Medical genetics? Molecular genetics? Genetics as it relates to biotechnology? Or to heredity? Or to disease? Undergraduate level or graduate level? Does it have to be a for-credit university course?
Here's a few to investigate: Merrimack College http://www.merrimack.edu/registrar/catBC.shtml Brandes University http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/classes/ Ohio University http://www.ohiou.edu/summeronline/bios225b.html University of Minnesota http://www.idl.umn.edu/courses.html Georgian Court College http://gcconline.georgian.edu/course_list_enhanced.htm#Biology If you need more, let me know.
It should be a medical genetics course at the undergraduate level. It needn't be a course for credit. Thanks, and thanks for the responses I've received so far. Ramona
Here's one: Human Genetics at Athabasca. I found this at TeleCampus, which has my favourite search engine for distance courses.
rislam: A few more to investigate: Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium 55 Paul J. Manafort Drive New Britain, CT 06053-2142 Tel: 1- 860- 832-3886 Fax: 1-860-832-3999 Course Name: Genetics Course Number: Bio 270 Penn State University Distance Education / World Campus 116 Mitchell Building University Park PA 16802 Tel: 1-814-863-8304 Fax: 1-814-865-3290 Course Name: Genetics, Ecology, & Evolution (credit) Course Number: BI SC 002, section 01 Athabasca University Information Center 1 University Drive Athabasca, Alberta T9S 3A3 Canada Tel: 780 675-6100 Fax: 780 675-6437 Course Name: Human Genetics Course Number: BIOL 341 UC Berkeley Extension Online 2000 Center Street, Suite 400 Berkeley, CA 94704 Tel: 1-510-642-4124 Fax: 1-510-643-9271 Course Name: Survey of General Genetics Course Number: XB142 Cayton College and State University Office of Distance Learning 5900 N Lee Street Morrow, GA 30260-0285 Tel: 1-770-961-3634 Fax: 1-770-961-3630 Course Name: Topics - Human Genetics SUNY Learning Network SUNY Plaza N-303 Albany, NY 12246 Tel: 518-443-5331 Course Name: Introduction to Human Genetics University of Colorado - Denver CU Online Campus Box 198, P.O. Box 173364 Denver, CO 80217-3364 Tel: 1-303-556-6505/5961 Fax: 1-303-556-6530 Course Name: Behavioral Genetics Course Number: PSY 4104 Laurentian University 935 Ramsey Lake Road Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C6 Canada Tel: 1-705-675-1151-ext.-3940 Fax: 1-705-673-6533 Course Name: Fundamentals of Genetics Course Number: BIOL 201 Washington State University Distance Degree Programs 204 Van Doren Hall P.O. Box 645220 Pullman, WA 99164-5220 Tel: 1-800-222-4978 Fax: 1-509-335-4850 Course Name: General Genetics Course Number: GenCB 301 More should you need them...
Yeah, you can get all of these and more from DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE FINDER. Even formatted the same way and with same errors -- e.g. "Cayton" instead of "Clayton". LOL!
IMHO it's better to direct someone to a public, free search engine than to list a subset of the search results here without citing their source.
