BIOG 1500 - Investigative Biology Laboratory

Fall, spring, summer. 2 credits. Biological sciences majors must take course for a letter grade.

Cannot add course after second week.

T. Owens, M. Sarvary.

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.

Outcome 1: Be able to use the scientific method to properly design experiments, collect and analyze the data and interpret results.

Outcome 2: Have scientific literacy by using literature search tools effectively and be able to communicate scientific results through paper writing and poster presentation.

Outcome 3: Understand how to explore biological data and be able to analyze results using basic statistical methods in the statistical program “R.”

Outcome 4: Be able to use discovery science to explore patterns in nature.

Outcome 5: Have the mastery of modern lab techniques.