BIOG 1500

BIOG 1500

Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

This course is designed to provide lab experience with an emphasis on the processes of scientific investigation and to promote collaboration, communication, and literacy in science. This lab course aims to teach skills, especially critical thinking and problem solving, that students can apply in research laboratories at Cornell and after graduation. These skills go far beyond learning how to use laboratory equipment. The course introduces students to a laboratory research environment, teamwork, hypothesis formation, experimental design, statistics, and research ethics. Students gain information and science literacy skills and practice many forms of science communication, from presentations to proposal writing and scientific poster preparation. Students first fill their scientific toolbox and then develop the capacity to solve increasingly challenging problems more independently.


Distribution Requirements (BIO-AG, OPHLS-AG)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2026SP, 2025FA, 2025SU, 2025SP

Learning Outcomes

  • Design hypothesis-based experiments, choose appropriate statistical test(s), analyze data, and interpret results.
  • Demonstrate mastery of lab techniques and scientific methods that can be applied across biological systems and scales.
  • Find and evaluate relevant scientific information using appropriate library tools.
  • Effectively contribute to work within their research groups and reflect on the ethics, benefits, and challenges of collaborative work.
  • Use discovery science to explore patterns in nature and apply accuracy and precision to the scientific process.
  • Apply fundamental biological information to increasingly novel and complex situations.
  • Author and produce scientific content using digital, oral, visual, audio, and written communication formats.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory.

  • 2 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  1864 BIOG 1500   LEC 001

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    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Biological Sciences majors are required to take this course for a letter grade.

  •  1865 BIOG 1500   LAB 401

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1866 BIOG 1500   LAB 402

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1867 BIOG 1500   LAB 403

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1868 BIOG 1500   LAB 404

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

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  •  1869 BIOG 1500   LAB 405

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    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

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  •  1870 BIOG 1500   LAB 406

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

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  •  1871 BIOG 1500   LAB 407

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

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  •  1872 BIOG 1500   LAB 408

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

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  •  1873 BIOG 1500   LAB 409

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1874 BIOG 1500   LAB 410

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1875 BIOG 1500   LAB 411

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1876 BIOG 1500   LAB 412

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1879 BIOG 1500   LAB 413

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1880 BIOG 1500   LAB 414

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    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

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  •  1881 BIOG 1500   LAB 415

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    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

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  •  1882 BIOG 1500   LAB 416

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    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

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  •  1883 BIOG 1500   LAB 417

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    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

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  •  1884 BIOG 1500   LAB 418

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1885 BIOG 1500   LAB 419

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1886 BIOG 1500   LAB 420

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1887 BIOG 1500   LAB 421

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  1888 BIOG 1500   LAB 422

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sarvary, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person