Explain core mechanisms of epigenetic regulation
Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences · Health, Adaptation & Human Biology
EPI-315Culture, Environment & Epigenetics
Examines how biological regulation and lived environments interact across development, stress, nutrition, exposure, behavior, and social life.
Course outcomes
What students develop
Evaluate evidence linking environment and biological response
Avoid deterministic interpretations of biosocial data
Design interdisciplinary questions connecting culture, exposure, and biology
Course content
Topics and questions
- Gene regulation and chromatin
- Developmental plasticity
- Stress, nutrition, and exposure
- Intergenerational evidence
- Biosocial ethics and interpretation
Methods & resources
Tools and environments
- Scientific literature databases
- Genomic and epigenomic visualization resources
Evaluation
Demonstration of learning
- Evidence review
- Biosocial case analysis
- Interdisciplinary research proposal
Program relationships
Where this course fits
Core
Genomics, Epigenetics & Biological Systems
Advanced study in genomic variation, gene regulation, long-read sequencing, bioinformatics, environment, and biological systems.
Core
Medical Anthropology
Culture, health, embodiment, care systems, environment, inequality, ethnography, and biosocial interpretation.
Core
Human Adaptation & Epigenetics
Human biological variation, gene regulation, environment, stress, development, culture, and biosocial interpretation.
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