Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: FRESHMAN SEMINAR ON LOCAL BIOLOGY RESEARCH

Department: Biosciences

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 1

Description: A 5-week seminar course to introduce freshmen prospective biologists to the excitement of research of Rice and the Medical Center and to provide context with which to think about facts presented in biosciences textbooks. Small groups will meet weekly with a graduate student or postdoctoral researcher to explore a published research article by a local lab, gaining background information about the subject and exposure to the research techniques. In the final session, the group will tour the lab that produced the featured article. Additional tours and activities TBA. All first-year students are eligible to enroll in BIOS 115 regardless of AP credit.