APPROVED COURSE OUTLINE
BSC 2010L BIOLOGY I LABORATORY 1
Prefix Number Course
Title Cr.
Hrs.
A. Course Description:
Corequisite: BSC 2010. This is a laboratory experience to accompany Biology I. Laboratory exercises related to cellular biology are studied in detail and include: basic biochemistry, cell structure and function, molecular biology, embryology, and genetics. 45 contact hours.
B. Major Learning Outcomes:
1. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the scientific method in the design, application and analysis of laboratory investigations.
2. The student will demonstrate, with competence, an understanding of basic manipulatory skills using instruments and equipment in biological laboratory studies.
3. The student will demonstrate an understanding of cellular structure and cellular processes such as mitosis, meiosis, diffusion, osmosis.
4. The student will demonstrate an understanding of testing and investigative methods used to study the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
5. The student will demonstrate an understanding of current research techniques in biochemical, molecular, genetic and embryological research that address newly arising questions in these and other rapidly changing fields.
C. Course
Objectives Stated in Performance Terms:
1. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the scientific method in the design, application and analysis of laboratory investigations by:
a. correlating steps of investigation logically between observations and testing for significant data.
b. identifying biological questions and designing appropriate experiments to produce data for scientific analysis.
c. determining appropriate controls, sample sizes and reasonable goals.
2. The student will demonstrate, with competence, an understanding of basic manipulatory skills using instruments and equipment in biological laboratory studies by:
a. using various types of microscopes with proficiency.
b. dissecting specimens cleanly and with sufficient attention to detail.
c. exhibiting correct and efficient use of data-gathering and measuring devices.
3. The student will demonstrate an understanding of cellular structure and cellular processes such as mitosis, meiosis, diffusion, osmosis by:
a. describing cell structures and their biological function.
b. comparing mitosis and meiosis and their respective purposes and locations.
c. describing the similarities and differences between diffusion and osmosis.
4. The student will demonstrate an understanding of testing and investigative methods used to study the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration by:
a. describing the cellular structures and biochemical requirements necessary for accomplishing these processes.
b. devising and executing appropriate and controlled experiments to demonstrate the occurrence of these processes; their rate of production and how individual variables influence these rates.
c. assessing, analyzing and graphing data from experiments relating to these processes.
5. The student will demonstrate and understanding of current research techniques in biochemical, molecular, genetic and embryological research that address newly arising questions in these and other rapidly changing fields by:
a. becoming proficient in current research techniques and their usage.
b. evaluating current studies and their applications in advancing future research.
c. reporting procedures, experimental data and analyzed results in appropriate form suitable for scientific publication.
D. Criteria Performance Standard:
Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.
DBT
11/21/94
Effective
Session 19951
C&I
4/14/98; DBT 5/29/98
Effective
Session 19981.
C&I
10-7-03, BOT 11-18-03,
Effective
20032.