Students perform a broad spectrum of exercises to include growth kinetics, pH and buffers, spectrophotometry, quantitative assays, fractionation and differential centrifugation, organelle studies, determination of molecular weights, separation of molecules utilizing chromatography and restriction of endonuclease analysis. Any Upper Level Biol Course and Approval of Advisor Students learn the skills of reasoning, critical thinking and analysis. Students learn to conduct literature searches on assigned topics using different databases and the Internet. Also, students learn the use of different software programs on the computer in various subjects. Students learn the basic skills of seminar presentation using overheads and slides and also electronic presentations.
Students learn to read, critically analyze and present scientific papers in different subjects.
The exact format of the course will vary with the instructor involved and the number of credit hours for the course. K Students learn fundamental principles and laws of bacteriology and their applications. In the laboratory, special attention will be given to the study of representative bacteria, molds and other applied microorganisms important in biology, medicine, public health and industry. CHEM 1211K Students learn the fundamentals of Mendelian, molecular and population genetics. Students study the molecular character of genes, the processes of gene transmission, expression, regulation and mutation as well as the principles which govern inheritance in cells, individuals and populations.