Opportunities to attend research presentations and visit outside research facilities are provided. This course will be limited to an enrollment of 16. BIO 112 is designed for students with a strong interest in the biological sciences and is a prerequisite for upper-level biology courses. Topics include kinetics, chemical equilibria, solid state chemistry, coordination chemistry, nuclear chemistry, and an introduction to organic chemistry and biochemistry. Lectures will be supplemented with discussions from recent scientific literature, including material from students' independent literature research projects.
Emphasis is placed on effective communication of experimental procedures and results.
Three hours of lecture and one three hour laboratory per week. The traditional performing arts of Asia have had a profound influence on contemporary art and culture. It is difficult to find any form of expression anywhere in the world that does not borrow from these traditions in some way. This course will survey these traditions and look at the effect they have had on contemporary art and culture. In addition, students will explore the nature of performance in an attempt to discover what, if anything, is essential to all performance.