This course aims to provide an overview of recent topics in human genetics and genomics while simultaneously placing those topics in a broader social and ethical context.  The approach to learning is unstructured and collaborative.  Students will explore, in a sustained manner, the science involved in recent research advances, ranging from next gen sequencing to mitochondrial gene transfer.  They will also use a range of ethical arguments to assess the implications of such advances for scientists, clinicians, research participants, and society at large.