Psyc 408 Human Behavior Genetics
Preface
Instructor Information
Syllabus
Course Objectives
Grades
Course Components
Prep Work (ungraded)
Participation Activities (60 points)
Course Project (50 points)
Course Policies
Land Acknowledgment
Accommodations
Participation
Deadlines
Course Schedule
Questions or concerns?
1
What We Know and What We Don’t
Objectives
Lecture Notes
About Me
What is Behavior Genetics?
Themes in Behavior Genetics
Prep Work
Participation Activities
2
We’ve Been Wrong Before
Objectives
Lecture Notes
A Very Brief History of Eugenics
Candidate Genes
Prep Work
Participation Activities
3
Ancestry and Scientific Racism
Objectives
Lecture Notes
Population Genetics & Ancestry
Principal Components Analysis
Ancestry and Scientific Racism
Prep Work
Participation Activities
4
Finding and Reading Behavior Genetic Papers
Objectives
Lecture Notes
Finding Behavior Genetic Papers
General tips for reading
How to Read a Classical Twin Study
How to Read a GWAS
Prep Work
Participation Activities
Course Project Assignment Due
5
Team Project: Core Phenotypes
Objectives
Lecture Notes
Prep Work
Participation Activities
Team Resources
Autism
Cognitive Ability
Depression
Drug Use
Height
Schizophrenia
6
Do Genes Cause Behavior? I: Methods Teams
Objectives
Lecture Notes
Prep Work
Participation Activities
Team Resources
Co-Twin Control Studies
Gene-Environment Correlation
Gene-Environment Interaction
Mendelian Randomization
Non-Human Animal Models
Genomic Heritability
Polygenic Scoring
7
Do Genes Cause Behavior? II: Phenotype Teams
Objectives
Lecture Notes
Prep Work
Participation Activities
Team Resources
Body Size
Cognitive Aging
Educational Attainment
Externalizing
Neuroticism
Schizophrenia
8
Article Summaries Workshop
Objectives
Lecture Notes
Participation Activities
Course Project Assignment Due
9
Science Communication
Objectives
Lecture Notes
Prep Work
Participation Activities
10
Genetic Engineering
Objectives
Lecture Notes
Could we?
Would we?
Should we?
Prep Work
Participation Activities
11
Draft Paper Workshop
Objectives
Lecture Notes
Participation Activities
Course Project Assignment Due
12
Team Project: Current Issues
Objectives
Participation Activities
Team Resources
CRISPR-Cas9
Embryo Selection
Law Enforcement
Personalized Medicine
Prediction of Individuals
Course Project Assignment Due
13
Popular Source Workshop
Participation Activities
Course Project Assignment Due
14
Genetics at Trial
Objectives
Participation Activities
Course Project Assignment Due
15
Wrap Up
Participation Activities
Course Project Assignment Due
Course Project
Objectives
Project Schedule
Project Milestone 1: Topic + 5 references
Objectives
Time Estimate
Assignment Instructions
Evaluation
Deadline
P.S. Example Topics
Project Milestone 2: 10 article summaries
Objectives
Time Estimate
Assignment Instructions
Evaluation
Deadline
Project Milestone 3: Draft paper
Objectives
Time Estimate
Assignment Instructions
Evaluation
Deadline
Project Milestone 4: Draft popular source
Objectives
Time Estimate
Assignment Instructions
Evaluation
Deadline
Project Milestone 5: Paper peer reviews
Objectives
Time Estimate
Assignment Instructions
Evaluation
Deadline
Project Milestone 6: Final popular source
Objectives
Time Estimate
Assignment Instructions
Evaluation
Deadline
Project Milestone 7: Final paper
Objectives
Time Estimate
Assignment Instructions
Evaluation
Deadline
Glossary
Student Resources
UIUC Student Resources
Writing and Research
Genetics and Statistics
Course Activity Templates
Instructor Resources
Teaching Human Behavior Genetics
Tools
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Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
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