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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2025
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BIOS 118 001 (CRN: 14508)
FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR (BCBG)
Long Title: FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR IN LOCAL BIOLOGY RESEARCH (BIOCHEMISTRY, CELL BIOLOGY, AND GENETICS FOCUS)
Department: Biosciences
Instructor: Phillips, Dereth
Meeting: 3:00PM - 4:45PM R (15-OCT-2025 - 5-DEC-2025)
Part of Term: 2nd Half of Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 1
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Must have matriculated during one of the following Academic Year(s):
Fall 2025 - Spring 2026
Section Max Enrollment: 0 (permission required)
Section Enrolled: 0
Enrollment data as of: 20-APR-2025 8:22AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: A 7-week seminar course to introduce first-year 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 non-transfer students are eligible to enroll in BIOS 118 regardless of AP credit. This course meets in the second half of the semester and features research in biochemistry, cell biology, and genetics, and related fields.