负责遗传学，基因组学和发展主题的教职员工认为，选择此专业的学生应该以自己是生物学家为主。因此，在满足课程领域要求的同时，敦促学生继续学习生物科学的广泛课程。遗传学，基因组学和发展专业至少需要从特定的高级课程列表中选择至少13个学分。除介绍性遗传学课程外，这些课程中的大多数都涉及遗传学，基因组学和开发各个方面的当前研究。在此类课程中，通常没有常规教科书。取而代之的是，要求学生熟悉与所讨论主题有关的原始文献。通常会采取实地考试而不是标准考试的方式，以便学生在回答一系列挑战性问题时可以发挥独创性和独创性，而对于
The fields of Genetics, Genomics and Development seek to understand the mechanisms used by living organisms to preserve biological information and transmit it to the next generation. Central to these questions is the study of DNA and its organization into genes and genomes. Advances in molecular biology have provided many tools for the analysis of gene function, as well as for the understanding of how mutations affect biological processes and cause disease. Genetic engineering methods to manipulate gene function also constitute important research tools in biology. Work in several disciplines within Genetics is contributing to increase our understanding of how the information encrypted in DNA is decoded to influence cellular processes (Regulation of Gene Expression) and form complete organisms (Developmental and Stem Cell Biology), as well as to appreciate how genetic variation leads to evolutionary changes within populations (Evolutionary and Population Genetics). In the last few years, improvements in DNA sequencing technologies have allowed geneticists to expand the scope of their studies, shifting from the study of individual genes to the analysis of whole genomes. Research in this expanding area of Genomics is providing unprecedented views of the organization and functional elements of our genomes. Additionally, whole genome-sequencing and computational genomics methods have opened exciting venues for the diagnosis of congenital human disorders and genetic predisposition to disease.