Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: FRESHMAN SEMINAR ON LOCAL BIOLOGY RESEARCH (BCB)

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group III

Credit Hours: 1

Description: A 5-week seminar course to introduce freshmen prospective biologists to the excitement of research at 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 BIOC 115 regardless of AP credit. This course meets in the second half of the semester and is organized by Dereth Phillips and Bonnie Bartel. This course is limited to first year students only, any other students will be removed from this course. Cross-list: BIOS 115.