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Genetics/ Zoology Course Syllabus
Genetics Fall Semester (prerequisite for Zoology Spring Semester)
· Chemistry
· Biochemistry
· Cells
· DNA
· DNA Replication
· Mutations
· DNA Fingerprinting/Gel Electrophoresis
· Central Dogma
· Protein structure
· Mitosis
· Meiosis
· Karyotyping
· Sex determination and Sex differentiation
· Prenatal Diagnosis
· Prenatal nutrition
· Male Reproductive System
· Male Pathology
· Female Reproductive System
· Female Pathology
· Sexually Transmitted Diseases
· Mendelian Genetics and Punnett Square
· Pedigrees
· Blood Typing and Rh Factor
· Population Genetics
· Hardy Weinberg Equation
· Genetic disorders
· Teratogens
· Final: Family Pedigree of a specific trait and genealogy program
Extra Credit
Genealogy workshops
Genealogy records
Zoology Spring Semester (Genetics Fall Semester is a prerequisite)
· Fertilization mechanism
· Embryology/Primary germ layers
· Evolution
· Cytochrome C DNA evidence, embryological structural evidence, Homologous structures
· Fossils and Geological Structures
· Earth History
· Relative Dating
· Absolute Dating/Radioactive Dating
· Topography
· Ecosystems
· Darwin
· Classification
· Animal Behavior and Ethography
· Psychology Beginnings and Animal Intelligence and Social Behavior Experiments
· Feral Children and Social Work
· Animal Language: Koko and
· Animal Identification
· Kingdom Protists
o Zooflagellates
o Sarcodines
o Ciliates
o Sporozoans
· Human Parasitology
· Kingdom Animalia
o Invertebrates
o Fish
o Amphibians
o Reptiles
o Birds
o Mammals
· Final: Ecology diorama of a specific animal
Field Trips
· Santa Monica Mountains Wildfire Ecology
· California Science Center
· Los Angeles Zoo with Humphreys Math/Science Magnet Elementary Pen Pal
· *Natural History Museum
· *George C. Page Museum (La Brea Tar Pits)
Extra Credit
· Santa Monica Mountains Science Festival
· Earth Day Cabrillo Beach Clean Up and/or Grunion Run
· El Capitan Theater Earth Day Movie (different animal every year)
· Whale Watching
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