NESC 3271

Dev Origins Health & Disease

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This course explores the role that developmental events (internal and external) play in health and disease, emphasizing their role in programming stress responding and metabolic processes across the lifespan. Students learn about underlying epigenetic mechanisms, environmental/sociocultural influences, disease processes impacted (e.g., stress-related and metabolic-related diseases), societal implications, and prevention/mitigation strategies.

Sections

Lecture

From the syllabus

From the Winter 2025 syllabus by Libby Myles and Brett Hopkins. Open the PDF

Grading

60%Unit tests (3)20% each; non-cumulative
15%Presentation videoIncludes discussion board participation
25%Final project

Course rules

Tests
Tests are open book but must be completed individually without internet searches or AI.
Late work
Late presentations and final projects lose 10% per day after an eight-hour grace period; they receive zero after 120 hours.
Discussion boards
Late or incomplete discussion board participation receives zero, with no grace period.
Missed work
One student declaration of absence may provide a 72-hour extension for a presentation, final project, or unit test.
Academic integrity
All final work must be completed individually and must not be generated by artificial intelligence.

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