Suggested preparation: Genetics, molecular biology and basic statistics.
Optional preparation: Free Yale Course: Evolution and Medicine.
About this course
Explore how genomic data inform the study of human variation and disease. The lectures examine measurement technologies, information resources, markers and examples involving complex traits.
Course at a glance
| Provider | MIT |
|---|---|
| Platform | YouTube · MIT OpenCourseWare |
| Access | Free Video |
| Level | Professional — WikiFree study-level assessment |
| Language | English |
| Available lessons | 19 |
| Video duration | 23h 43m · self-paced |
| Details checked | 10 October 2026 |
Preparation and study approach
Suggested preparation: Genetics, molecular biology and basic statistics.
Follow the available videos in sequence, pausing to summarize the main argument or reconstruct a worked example. Keep a short list of assumptions, unfamiliar terms and questions to revisit. Additional reading, problem solving and practice will take time beyond the listed video duration.
Using this video classroom
Select a lesson from the list, or search for a topic. Previous and Next move through the sequence. You can mark lessons complete; progress is stored in this browser without a WikiFree account.
Free access and course scope
The public MIT OpenCourseWare videos in this classroom are free to watch. This listing provides the available playlist recordings, which may include selected lectures, recitations, demonstrations or supporting discussions rather than every component of the original campus course. Textbooks, equipment, software licenses, supervised labs, graded assignments and instructor feedback are not supplied by WikiFree. No purchase is required to watch the videos or use the note-based study approach above.
WikiFree independently organizes these resources for self-paced study. Watching does not award an MIT certificate, academic credit or admission to MIT.
Video provider and credit: MIT OpenCourseWare on YouTube. WikiFree titles, descriptions and cover artwork are independently prepared.
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Compare course focus, level and study time
| Course | Level | Focus | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| This course — Free MIT Course: Genomic Medicine and Human Genetics | Professional | MIT Course: Genomic Medicine and Human Genetics | 23h 43m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free Yale Course: Evolution and Medicine | Intermediate | Evolutionary reasoning · Biological variation · Research interpretation | 11h 33m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free MIT Course: Genomics and Computational Biology | Professional | 1A. Intro 1: Computational Side of Computational Biology. Statistics; Perl, Mathematica · 3B. DNA 1 : Genome Sequencing, Polymorphisms, Populations, Statistics, Pharmacogenomics... · 6A. RNA 2: Clustering by Gene or Condition and Other Regulon Data Sources Nucleic Acid ... | 18h 25m of video; practice time is additional |
| Cardiovascular Medicine: Free Course | Professional | Cardiovascular study · Pathophysiology · ECG concepts | 11h 39m of video; practice time is additional |
Provider: MIT. Videos play from the MIT OpenCourseWare channel on YouTube.
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