BIOG 1500

BIOG 1500

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

Designed for biology majors to provide lab experience with emphasis on processes of scientific investigations and to promote communication, literacy and collaboration in science. Students gain expertise in methods including instrumentation used by biologists to construct new knowledge. Lab topics include genetics, evolution, ecology, biochemistry, and molecular biology.

When Offered Fall, spring, summer.

Distribution Category (BIO-AG)

Comments Biological sciences majors must take course for a letter grade.

Outcomes
  • To expose students to realistic scientific questions and encourage critical thinking, teach how to design hypothesis-based experiments, choose appropriate statistical test(s), analyze data, and interpret results.
  • To fill students' scientific "tool box" by demonstrating mastery of modern lab techniques and scientific methods that can later be applied across varied biological systems and scales.
  • To teach students how to find relevant scientific information using appropriate library tools, and to communicate effectively using both written and oral formats.
  • To teach students how to think through a scientific process with their research group while acquiring conceptual knowledge and understanding the benefits and challenges of collaborative work.
  • To teach how to use discovery science to explore patterns in nature, and understand the importance of accuracy and precision.
  • To provide students with the opportunity to learn and apply fundamental biological information in the context of the course modules.

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory.

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  3737 BIOG 1500   LEC 001

  • Biological Sciences majors are required to take this course for a letter grade. Showing up more than 10 minutes late to the lab portion of this course forfeits your seat in BIOG 1500.

  •  3740 BIOG 1500   LAB 401

  • First lab will be 8/22/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3741 BIOG 1500   LAB 402

  • First lab will be 8/22/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3742 BIOG 1500   LAB 403

  • First lab will be 8/22/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3743 BIOG 1500   LAB 404

  • First lab will be 8/22/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3744 BIOG 1500   LAB 405

  • First lab will be 8/22/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3745 BIOG 1500   LAB 406

  • First lab will be 8/23/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3746 BIOG 1500   LAB 407

  • First lab will be 8/23/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3747 BIOG 1500   LAB 408

  • First lab will be 8/23/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3748 BIOG 1500   LAB 409

  • First lab will be 8/23/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3749 BIOG 1500   LAB 410

  • First lab will be 8/23/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3750 BIOG 1500   LAB 411

  • First lab will be 8/23/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3751 BIOG 1500   LAB 412

  • First lab will be 8/23/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3752 BIOG 1500   LAB 413

  • First lab will be 8/23/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3753 BIOG 1500   LAB 414

  • First lab will be 8/23/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3754 BIOG 1500   LAB 415

  • First lab will be 8/23/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3755 BIOG 1500   LAB 416

  • First lab will be 8/24/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3756 BIOG 1500   LAB 417

  • First lab will be 8/24/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3757 BIOG 1500   LAB 418

  • First lab will be 8/24/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3758 BIOG 1500   LAB 419

  • First lab will be 8/24/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3759 BIOG 1500   LAB 420

  • First lab will be 8/24/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3760 BIOG 1500   LAB 421

  • First lab will be 8/24/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  3761 BIOG 1500   LAB 422

  • First lab will be 8/24/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  4352 BIOG 1500   LAB 423

  • First lab will be 8/24/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.

  •  4353 BIOG 1500   LAB 424

  • First lab will be 8/24/17. If you are 10 minutes late, you will forfeit your spot.