Teaching at Augie
Biology Department
Molecules to Cells (BIOL 130)
This course is one of the three core classes in the Biology majors curriculum. This course is typically taught every semester and facilitates around 30 students. This course is a content based and has a lab associated with it. Topics covered in this course includes structure and function of a cell, metabolism, and cellular systems.
Genetics (BIOL 250)
This course is one of the three core classes in the Biology majors curriculum. This course is typically taught every semester and facilitates around 30 students. This course is a content, no lab, based course that covers topics spanning structure and function of chromatin, DNA replication, gene expression and regulation, gene mutations, and patterns of inheritance (Mendelian and non-Mendelian genetics).
This course is one of the three core classes in the Biology majors curriculum. This course is typically taught every semester and facilitates around 30 students. This course is a content based and has a lab associated with it. Topics covered in this course includes structure and function of a cell, metabolism, and cellular systems.
Genetics (BIOL 250)
This course is one of the three core classes in the Biology majors curriculum. This course is typically taught every semester and facilitates around 30 students. This course is a content, no lab, based course that covers topics spanning structure and function of chromatin, DNA replication, gene expression and regulation, gene mutations, and patterns of inheritance (Mendelian and non-Mendelian genetics).
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Molecular genetics (BIOL 375)
This course is a Senior Inquiry (SI)/upper elective course where students undertake a research project that integrates molecular genetic methods to answer ecological questions. This course is typically taught every Fall semester and facilitates 10 students for the SI and 10 for the upper elective. Throughout the semester, students learn how to design a project, how to collect genetic samples in the field, how to laboratory methods from DNA extraction through library preparation, how to use a DNA sequencer (Illumina MiniSeq), and how to bioinformatic analyses. Projects can vary in this course, but the most recent focus has been on a project in collaboration with the City of Davenport where we are using eDNA to assess the biodiversity of a local watershed and comparing the results to field surveys. |
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Courses set to teach in upcoming semesters:
- Organisms to ecosystems (BIOL 140)
Environmental Science, Geology, and Geography Department
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Environmental Studies + Lab (ENVR 100/ 100L)
This course introduces our Environmental Science majors (and some outside of the major) to the fundamentals of ecology in environmental studies. Environmental ecological concepts are explained through the principals of ecosystem services. The lab requires students to formulate a research project based on the ecosystem services discussed in lecture and develop a presentation either following traditional scientific conference style or an educational science communication platform to convey their results. |
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