Career Direction through Integrated Introductory Biology- Chemistry Laboratory and Research

这个建议是一个三步连续的本科生物化学经验，以保留科学专业，并激励他们进入研究生涯。第一步发生在学生的第一年，与专业的生物学和化学课程介绍的第二学期实验室的整合。讲座保持独立。为了遵循综合实验室的学生经验，并保留和建立在学生对科学研究的兴趣，第二步是在大二的春季必修的职业研讨会课程。来自学术界，医学界和工业界的研讨会发言人担任学生参加第三步的主持人，这是大学二年级和三年级之间的夏季研究实习。第二和第三步功能在大二一起提供综合第一年实验室的实际应用，并加强研究职业目标。两个实验室部分同时参加第一步，追求一些非传统的，调查性的实验室模块，从细胞生物学，分子遗传学和普通化学的概念相结合。每周七小时分为正式的实验室调查，讨论和回归时间。在为期12周的时间里，将提供四个模块。这些集成的模块化实验室将研究（1）维生素C代谢，（2）酶的反应动力学，（3）生命能量来源，以及（4）大分子的操纵。在每个模块的最后一周，学生分析数据，得出结论，并在选定的模块中，根据以前的实验设计自己的原始调查。提供数学教程。 这种综合的生物化学模块化形式直接关系到并为现代研究型上师课程做好科学专业准备，并平行于现实的职业研究经验。生物-化学综合实验室的一个部分完全由女生组成，以便与其他两个男女混合的实验室以及其他学生传统的单独生物和化学实验室进行比较。

This proposal is a three step sequential undergraduate biology-chemistry experience to retain science majors and to inspire them to enter research careers. Step I occurs in a student's first year with an integration of the second semester laboratories of the majors' Introductory Biology and Chemistry courses. Lectures remain separate. In order to follow the student experience of the integrated laboratories and to retain and build upon student interest in science research, Step II is a required Career Seminar course in Spring of the sophomore year. Seminar speakers from academia, medicine, and industry serve as hosts for students participating in Step III, a Summer Research internship between the second and third years of college. Steps II and III function together in the sophomore year to provide a practical application of the integrated first year laboratories and to reinforce research career goals. Two laboratory sections concurrently participate in Step I to pursue a number of nontraditional, investigative laboratory modules which integrate concepts from cell biology, molecular genetics, and general chemistry. Seven hours per week is divided into formal laboratory investigation, discussion, and comeback time. Over a 12-week period four modules are presented. These integrated, modular laboratories will examine (1) Vitamin C Metabolism, (2) Reaction Dynamics of Enzymes, (3) Sources of Energy for Life, and (4) Manipulation of Macromolecule. During the final week of each module, students analyze data, draw conclusions and in selected modules, design their own original investigations based on previous experimentation. Mathematic tutorials are available. This integrated, biological-chemical modular format directly relates to and prepares science majors for modern research-oriented upper division courses and parallel a realistic career research experience. One section of the integrated biology-chemistry laboratories is comprised entirely of women for comparison with the other two of mixed gender and with the traditional separate biology and chemistry laboratories for the other students.