BIO 1960 - CELLS ALIVE! CELL BIOLOGY

credits: 3.0
Students choosing this course will have the opportunity to grow and work with live cells and experimentally determine what factors can affect them and how. This unique opportunity will teach you the techniques of how to culture cells, and how to use biotechnology to identify and characterize cell structures and functions. Working in teams with faculty and undergraduate scientists you will discover the characteristics of typical mammalian cells, then design and conduct experiments to investigate cellular components and properties. Objectives: A) Describe the common structures of Eukaryotic cells; B) Describe the common characteristics of normal and cancer cellular functions; C) Demonstrate an understanding of how cells transform into cancer cells; D) Demonstrate how molecular treatments effect cells; E) Design and conduct a laboratory experiment. Method of Instruction: Lecture, observations, written assignments, group discussions, and videos. Method of Evaluation: Four written reading responses twenty points each = 100; Two exams fifty points each = 100; Team experimental design and participation = fifty points; Lab report and presentation of experiment = fifty points