Students teach one another and have a sense of ownership of their education.
In class, emphasis is on group presentations and critical reading and discussion of scientific articles that use recombinant DNA technology to address questions in both basic and applied research. Students present the results of their two laboratory projects in a poster and in a paper with the format of a scientific article. Grant proposal funded by NSF-CCLI Award Number 9950225 . This course was funded by a grant from the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program of the National Science Foundation.