Genetics Courses

Understanding Childhood Dementia

220 ratings

Explore childhood dementia through its symptoms, causes, diagnosis, developmental effects, lived experience, and advocacy.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Introduction to Human Behavioral Genetics

11 ratings

Behavioral genetic methodologies from twin and adoption studies through DNA analysis will be described and applied to address longstanding questions about the origins of individual differences in behavioral traits.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Classical papers in molecular genetics

247 ratings at Coursera

Read and discuss classic papers by Garrod, Avery, Luria and Delbrück, Watson and Crick, and Benzer to see how genes, DNA and the genetic code were discovered.

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Explore how DNA stores the code of life: study cell components, discover genetic variants and mutations, and assess their links to diseases such as cancer.

• openHPI
• 6 weeks
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Introduction to Genetics and Evolution

32 ratings

This course provides the basic biology you need to understand all of these issues better, tries to clarify some misconceptions, and tries to prepare students for future, more advanced coursework in Biology (and especially evolutionary genetics).

• Coursera
• 12 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

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Bioethics: The Law, Medicine, and Ethics of Reproductive Technologies and Genetics

100 ratings at edX

An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 1-2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Stanford Optic Disc Drusen: Genetics and Associated Diseases

1 rating

Learn how optic disc drusen cause vision loss, including genetic associations, biomarkers, and treatment strategies.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Genetics: Analysis and Applications

Analyze the location and type of mutations and chromosomal changes, create mutants of interest, and justify which genetic techniques answer which questions.

• MITx Online
• 7 weeks, 4-6 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Genetics: Population Genetics and Human Traits

Interpret patterns and drivers of genetic variation within and between human populations, analyze genome-wide association studies, and justify sequencing methods for specific genetic questions.

• MITx Online
• 5 weeks, 4-6 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Genetics: The Fundamentals

Design genetic crosses and interpret pedigrees to determine genotypes, modes of inheritance, and linkage, using quantitative methods to compute genetic probabilities and distances.

• MITx Online
• 7 weeks, 4-6 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Focus on Opioid Use Disorder and Treatment: The Genetics of Addiction-How Discovery Is Informing the Path Forward for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Intervention, and Prevention

Explores how addiction genetics research is shaping new treatment, intervention, and prevention approaches for opioid use disorder.

• Independent
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Basic Transmission Genetics - Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior

2 ratings

Introduces how DNA replication, Mendelian inheritance, and mutations transmit genetic information across generations.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Bacterial Genetics

9 ratings

Explains how bacteria diversify their DNA through conjugation, transformation, transduction, and transposition, including the genetic basis of antibiotic resistance.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

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Human Molecular Genetics

8 ratings

Explore how human inheritance, chromosome organization, and molecular tools reveal genetic causes of health and disease.

• YouTube
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Little Stuff: Energy, Cells, and Genetics

127 ratings at Coursera

Explore the smaller side of biology: cell biology and how cells turn cancerous, energy from sun to food, genetics and epigenetics, and ethics of genetic technologies.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course