1 credit
Fall 2025 Laboratory Lower Division
An entry-level laboratory course to help freshmen students become interested and excited about scientific research, and at the same time, gain the skills necessary to become better prepared for undergraduate research opportunities. Students perform real-world experiments to identify single base-pair changes in a DNA sequence that can change a protein-protein interaction. Students learn common laboratory skills such as pipetting, centrifugation, and sterile technique. Students also learn how to display and interpret scientific results in written form.
Learning Outcomes1Demonstrate common laboratory skills such as sterile technique, micropipetting, centrifugation, plasmid DNA isolation, and culturing bacteria and yeast.
2Define commonly used laboratory terminology and understand and execute protocols that contain these terms.
3Display and interpret scientific methods and results in written form.
4Identify positive and negative controls for an experiment.
5Write an appropriate aim for an experiment.
6Analyze DNA and protein sequence information.
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