Development of a two-semester inquiry-based capstone laboratory experience for biochemistry majors at Viterbo University

化学（12）经过对现有课程的仔细评估，化学系和生物系的教师正在开发和实施几个高级实验课程的探究式学习体验。《高级生物化学》正在开发一门新的实验课程，过去这门课程只是讲授，《生物化学技术》也在进行修订，将探究式练习纳入一些实验中。高级生物化学实验室包括两个阶段，第二阶段是学生设计的研究项目。第一阶段的重点是基于小麦叶绿酶的表达和特征的技能获取和应用。这个项目正在扩大代表性不足群体的参与，因为近四分之三的生物和化学专业学生是女性，五分之三是第一代大学生。此外，新开发的探究式实验室实验对类似机构的生物化学和分子生物学教师很有兴趣。

Chemistry(12) Following a careful assessment of the current curriculum, faculty in the departments of chemistry and biology are developing and implementing inquiry-based learning experiences for several upper level laboratory courses. A new laboratory course is being developed for Advanced Biochemistry, which in the past was only lecture, and revisions are also occurring in Biochemical Techniques to incorporate inquiry-based exercises into some experiments. The Advanced Biochemistry laboratory consists of two phases, with the second phase being student designed research projects. The first phase focuses on acquisition and application of skills based on the expression and characterization of chlorophyllase from Triticum asetivum. This project is broadening participation of underrepresented groups because nearly three-fourths of the biology and chemistry majors are female and three-fifths are first generation college students. In addition, the newly developed inquiry-based laboratory experiments are of interest to faculty teaching biochemistry and molecular biology at similar institutions.