Content includes leadership and communication skills, and a working knowledge of health-related topics such as stress management, body image, body art, sexuality, and other contemporary issues. Introduction to Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics First semester. Open to sophomores. Gogarten Evolution of biomolecules, and application to molecular data analysis and the design of new molecules. Topics include prebiotic chemistry, origin of cells, selfish genes, molecular innovations, data bank searches, alignment of sequence and 3-D protein structures.
Course includes lectures, discussions and computer lab exercises.
This course was approved to meet the Group 8 Requirement and is offered for the fall semester of 2000. Chemistry for an Informed Electorate First semester. Open to sophomores. Knox Provides a basic understanding of chemistry and its applications, in a conceptual fashion. Addresses topics in chemistry of everyday interest, including problems that chemistry solves and creates in our society.