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BIOG 1500

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Designed for biological sciences 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.

Forbidden Overlaps Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will receive credit for only one course in the following group: BIOG 1500, BIOSM 1500, PLSCI 1420.

Distribution Category (BIO-AG, OPHLS-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: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory.

  • 2 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  1686 BIOG 1500   LEC 001

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

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

  •  1689 BIOG 1500   LAB 401

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1690 BIOG 1500   LAB 402

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1691 BIOG 1500   LAB 403

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1692 BIOG 1500   LAB 404

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1693 BIOG 1500   LAB 405

    • T
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1694 BIOG 1500   LAB 406

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1695 BIOG 1500   LAB 407

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1696 BIOG 1500   LAB 408

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1697 BIOG 1500   LAB 409

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1698 BIOG 1500   LAB 410

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1699 BIOG 1500   LAB 411

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1700 BIOG 1500   LAB 412

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1701 BIOG 1500   LAB 413

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1702 BIOG 1500   LAB 414

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1703 BIOG 1500   LAB 415

    • W
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1704 BIOG 1500   LAB 416

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1705 BIOG 1500   LAB 417

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1706 BIOG 1500   LAB 418

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1707 BIOG 1500   LAB 419

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1708 BIOG 1500   LAB 420

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1709 BIOG 1500   LAB 421

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1710 BIOG 1500   LAB 422

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1843 BIOG 1500   LAB 423

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M

  •  1844 BIOG 1500   LAB 424

    • R
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sarvary, M