updated 11/18/2010BIOL199 Freshman Seminar(1,0)1Students meet in discipline-based, student-faculty groups in conjunction with BIOL299, 399 and 499. Weekly meetings will include discussion of literature relevant to the discipline and progress reports from upperclass students engaged in scholarly projects. Freshmen will assist with ongoing projects and will be guided by faculty and seniors enrolled in BIOL499 to generate and interpret data from these projects. Prerequisite: MATH102. Pre- or corequisite: BIOL131BIOL299 Sophomore Seminar(1,0)1Students meet in discipline-based, student-faculty groups in conjunction with BIOL199, 399 and 499. Weekly meetings will include discussion of literature relevant to the discipline and progress reports from upperclass students engaged in scholarly projects. Sophomores will assist with ongoing projects and will be guided by faculty and juniors enrolled in BIOL399 to conduct a comprehensive, annotated literature search in their area of interest. Prerequisite: BIOL199 and ENGL111.BIOL399 Junior Seminar(1,0)1Students meet in discipline-based, student-faculty groups in conjunction with BIOL199, 299 and 499. Weekly meetings will include discussion of literature relevant to the discipline and progress reports from upperclass students engaged in scholarly projects. Juniors will serve as mentors to sophomores in the group and will develop and present a proposal for a scholarly project. Prerequisites: BIOL280,BIOL 299 and COMM101.BIOL495 Senior Project(0,3)1A practicum under the guidance of a faculty mentor. The student will conduct a scholarly project based on the proposal submitted by the student in BIOL399 (or an appropriate substitute). May be repeated once for a maximum of two credits. Prerequisite: BIOL399.BIOL499 Senior Seminar(1,0)1Students meet in discipline-based, student-faculty groups in conjunction with BIOL199, 299 and 399. Weekly meetings will include discussion of literature relevant to the discipline and progress reports from upperclass students engaged in scholarly projects. Seniors will serve as mentors to freshmen in the group. Seniors will also produce a manuscript describing the results of their project and will be required to give poster and oral presentations to the University community. Prerequisite BIOL399. Pre- or corequisite: BIOL495
updated 11/18/2010
BIOL199 Freshman Seminar
(1,0)
1
Students meet in discipline-
based, student-faculty groups in
conjunction with BIOL299, 399
and 499. Weekly meetings will
include discussion of literature
relevant to the discipline and
progress reports from
upperclass students engaged in
scholarly projects. Freshmen
will assist with ongoing projects
and will be guided by faculty
and seniors enrolled in BIOL499
to generate and interpret data
from these projects.
Prerequisite: MATH102. Pre- or
corequisite: BIOL131
BIOL299 Sophomore Seminar
(1,0)
1
Students meet in discipline-
based, student-faculty groups in
conjunction with BIOL199, 399
and 499. Weekly meetings will
include discussion of literature
relevant to the discipline and
progress reports from
upperclass students engaged in
scholarly projects. Sophomores
will assist with ongoing projects
and will be guided by faculty
and juniors enrolled in BIOL399
to conduct a comprehensive,
annotated literature search in
their area of interest.
Prerequisite: BIOL199 and
ENGL111.
BIOL399 Junior Seminar
(1,0)
1
Students meet in discipline-
based, student-faculty groups in
conjunction with BIOL199, 299
and 499. Weekly meetings will
include discussion of literature
relevant to the discipline and
progress reports from
upperclass students engaged in
scholarly projects. Juniors will
serve as mentors to
sophomores in the group and
will develop and present a
proposal for a scholarly project.
Prerequisites: BIOL280,BIOL
299 and COMM101.
BIOL495 Senior Project
(0,3)
1
A practicum under the guidance
of a faculty mentor. The student
will conduct a scholarly project
based on the proposal
submitted by the student in
BIOL399 (or an appropriate
substitute). May be repeated
once for a maximum of two
credits. Prerequisite: BIOL399.
BIOL499 Senior Seminar
(1,0)
1
Students meet in discipline-
based, student-faculty groups in
conjunction with BIOL199, 299
and 399. Weekly meetings will
include discussion of literature
relevant to the discipline and
progress reports from
upperclass students engaged in
scholarly projects. Seniors will
serve as mentors to freshmen in
the group. Seniors will also
produce a manuscript
describing the results of their
project and will be required to
give poster and oral
presentations to the University
community. Prerequisite
BIOL399. Pre- or corequisite:
BIOL495
