Students will have the opportunity to learn and apply scientific processes based on lecture and discussions, conducting individual research projects, and reading and analyzing current scientific articles. Laboratory time is required. Honors General Biology will satisfy the laboratory requirement for the Associate of Arts degree and fulfills part of the requirement for an Honors Certificate or Honors Diploma. Honors Program permission. Honors Research Water Quality Monitoring provides the student an opportunity to participate in on-going scientific research for the state of Missouri.
Students perform various water quality tests at the stream site and in the laboratory.
The student will analyze data and report the results in a scientific paper. Honors research counts as elective credit towards an Associate of Arts degree. Honors Program admission. I is a writing workshop utilizing readings, discussion, conferences, and research. Students will review some basic communication skills, but the course will emphasize sharing ideas through essay writing.