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

  • 14607 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.

  • 14608 BIOG 1500   LAB 401

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

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  • 14609 BIOG 1500   LAB 402

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    • Sarvary, M

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  • 14610 BIOG 1500   LAB 403

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  • 14611 BIOG 1500   LAB 404

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    • Sarvary, M

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  • 14612 BIOG 1500   LAB 405

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  • 14613 BIOG 1500   LAB 406

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  • 14614 BIOG 1500   LAB 407

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  • 14615 BIOG 1500   LAB 408

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  • 14616 BIOG 1500   LAB 409

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  • 14617 BIOG 1500   LAB 410

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    • Sarvary, M

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  • 14618 BIOG 1500   LAB 411

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    • Sarvary, M

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  • 14619 BIOG 1500   LAB 412

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  • 14620 BIOG 1500   LAB 413

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  • 14621 BIOG 1500   LAB 414

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  • 14622 BIOG 1500   LAB 415

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  • 14623 BIOG 1500   LAB 416

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  • 14624 BIOG 1500   LAB 417

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  • 14625 BIOG 1500   LAB 418

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  • 14626 BIOG 1500   LAB 419

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  • 14627 BIOG 1500   LAB 420

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  • 14628 BIOG 1500   LAB 421

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  • 14629 BIOG 1500   LAB 422

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  • 14630 BIOG 1500   LAB 423

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  • 14631 BIOG 1500   LAB 424

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

  • Instruction Mode: In Person