Week 1
- Aug. 3
- Aug. 4: Human Genome Project, Section 2.1 Conceptual Foundations of the Human Genome Project (p. 21 - 46 of the pdf), by Lisa Gannet
- Aug. 5: Human Genome Project, Section 2.1 Conceptual Foundations of the Human Genome Project (p. 21 - 46 of the pdf), by Lisa Gannet (continued)
Week 2
- Aug. 10: A Turning Point in Cancer Research by R. Dulbecco (1986) (forum post due by 2 p.m.) {1 point}
- Aug. 11: Normality and Variation by Elisabeth Lloyd (1994) (forum post due by 2 p.m.) {1 point}
- Aug. 12: Nobel Laureate: big data and full-genome analysis not all they’re cracked up to be, interview with Walter Gilbert (forum post due by 2 p.m.) {1 point}
- Prompt for Post-Class Forum Post made available, due Aug. 16 by 11:59 p.m. {2 points}
Week 3
- Aug. 17: CRISPR podcast and reading (forum post due by 2 p.m.) {1 point}
- Aug. 18: Tools for Talking by James R. Griesemer (1994) (forum post due by 2 p.m.) {1 point}
- Aug. 19: Tools for Talking by James R. Griesemer (1994) (continued) (forum post due by 2 p.m.) {1 point}
- Prompt for Post-Class Forum Post made available, due Aug. 23 by 11:59 p.m. {2 points}
Week 4
- Aug. 24: Cultural Evolution by Tim Lewens (forum post due by 2 p.m.) {1 point}
- Aug. 25: Cultural Evolution by Tim Lewens (continued) (forum post due by 2 p.m.) {1 point}
- Aug. 26: Models of Cultural Evolution by Elliott Sober (forum post due by 2 p.m.) {1 point}
- Prompt for Post-Class Forum Post made available, due Aug. 30 by 11:59 p.m. {3 points}
Week 5
- Aug. 31: Cultural evolution continued; no new reading, but you still need to post to this forum (forum post due by 2 p.m.) {1 point}
- Sept. 1: GMOs? Not so fast by Roberta Millstein (forum post due by 2 p.m.) {1 point}
- Sept. 2: GMOs? Not so fast by Roberta Millstein (continued) (forum post due by 2 p.m.) {1 point}
- Prompt for Post-Class Forum Post made available, due Sept. 6 by 11:59 p.m. {3 points}
Week 6
- Sept. 7 (Labor Day, no class)
- Take-home essay prompts made available via email and the forums
- Sept. 8: Grandma's Experiences Leave a Mark on Your Genes from Discover Magazine (forum post due by 2 p.m.) {1 point}
- Sept. 9: Grandma's Experiences Leave a Mark on Your Genes from Discover Magazine (continued) (forum post due by 2 p.m.) {2 points}
- Sept. 10 (Thursday): Writing Project due by 11:59 p.m. Submit Writing Project via email to shamiller@ucdavis.edu as a PDF file.
- This is a hard deadline, i.e., Writing Projects received after 11:59 p.m. will receive a grade of 0.
- Sept. 12 (Saturday): Take-home final due on forums by 7 a.m.
- This is a hard deadline, i.e., Take-home Finals submitted after 7 a.m. will receive a grade of 0.