|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
4.00 Credits
(Fall, Course Offered Every Year) This course will cover the basic techniques used in molecular biology and biotechnology. The course has both lecture and laboratory components in which fundamental concepts and techniques will be presented and then practiced. The laboratory skill introduced in this class would be useful for students interested in pursuing graduate studies or employment in research laboratories, and those interested in environmental or health issues. Prerequisites: BIO-110, BIO-151,BIO 251, CHE-111, CHE-141, CHE-112, CHE-142.
-
2.00 Credits
(Fall, Even-Numbered Years Only) This course provides experience in the techniques required for research in the aquatic environment. Aspects of organism identification, habitat classification, water chemistry, and sampling techniques will be included. One three-hour field meeting per week. Prerequisites: BIO-110, BIO-151, CHE-111, CHE-141, CHE-112, CHE-142, MAT-245 or MAT-248.
-
2.00 Credits
(Spring, Odd-Numbered Years Only) This course provides experience in the techniques required for research in the terrestrial environment. Aspects of organism identification, community classification, soil study, and sampling techniques will be included. One four-hour field meeting per week. Prerequisites: BIO-110, BIO-151, CHE-111, CHE-141, CHE-112, CHE-142, MAT-245 or MAT-248.
-
1.00 Credits
(Spring - course offered every year) An upper level seminar course that focuses on one of the major modern biological themes. One seminar hour per week. Prerequisite courses: Completion of 16 hours in the sciences.
-
2.00 Credits
(Spring - course offered every year) The course is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and use of the techniques of scanning electron microscopy. The course is for students from a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to biology, chemistry, art, and human environmental science. Topics include history of SEM, electron optics (gun, lenses, probes, current), electron beam interactions (scattering and volume), image processing and optimization, critical point drying, and sputter coating. Designed as an instrumentation course it is necessary that students gain hands on knowledge of the SEM by completing a project. Each student will prepare a poster of her project results for presentation on the Day Celebrating Student Achievement. Three hours instruction per week. Prerequisites: BIO 110, BIO 151 or BIO 105, BIO 145. Junior or Senior status required. Enrollment must be limited to 10 students.
-
3.00 Credits
(Fall, Course Offered Every Year) A course designed to provide an understanding of the principles of classical, population, and molecular genetics and the relationship of these principles to human heredity, agriculture, evolution, and selected environmental problems. MAT-144 or the equivalent is a recommended prerequisite. BIO-461 is a corequisite for Biology majors. Prerequisites: BIO-110, BIO-151.
-
3.00 Credits
(Spring, Course Offered Every Year) A study of the chemistry of biological systems including metabolic interrelationships, reaction rates, control mechanisms, and integration of these reactions within the structural framework of the cell. Also offered as CHE-436. Three lectures per week. Prerequisites: CHE-111, CHE- 141, CHE-112, CHE-142, CHE-221, CHE-241, BIO-110, BIO-151.
-
3.00 Credits
(Spring - course offered every year) The second part of a 2-part course in Biochemistry, this advanced course is designed to prepare students for graduate study and careers in the fields of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. The course will present topics in modern Biochemistry including bio-molecular structure, enzyme catalysis, bioenergetics, biosynthesis of bio-molecules, and culminate with a discussion of special topics such as cellular signal transduction. Three lectures per week. Prerequisites: BIO 110, 151, 251, CHE 111, 141, 112, 142, 221, 241, 222, 242, BIO/CHE 436, 446. Corequisite: BIO/CHE 448
-
1.00 Credits
(Spring, Course Offered Every Year) A collection of laboratory exercises designed to provide practical exposure to some of the general principles and methodology of biochemistry. Techniques include photometry, polarimetry, electrophoresis, centrifugation, and various chromatographic techniques. Also offered as CHE-446. Three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisites: CHE-111, CHE-141, CHE-112, CHE-142, CHE-221, CHE-241, BIO-101, BIO-141. Corequisite courses: BIO-436.
-
1.00 Credits
(Spring - course offered every year) The second of a 2-part laboratory course in Biochemistry, this advanced course is designed to prepare students for graduate study and careers in the fields of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. A collection of laboratory exercises designed to provide practical exposure to techniques in advanced enzyme kinetics & inhibition, structural biochemistry using mass spectrometry & NMR, and techniques in protein expression, purification & analysis, as well as molecular modeling techniques. Three laboratory hours per week. Prerequisites: BIO 110, 151, 251, CHE 111, 141, 112, 142, 221, 241, 222, 242, BIO/CHE 436, 446. Corequisite: BIO 438.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|