Integration of Student-Designed Laboratories in Cell and Tissue Biology

新的科学设施的建成和新的生物教员的加入为评估和改进雷德兰兹大学生物系的课程提供了机会。这种评估导致了两个目标的明确：(1)通过学生设计的实验室项目，保持和扩大学生获得科学方法经验的机会，(2)通过增加新的高级课程，扩大细胞和组织生物学中心主题的覆盖范围。为了实现这些目标，该项目采用了由森林湖学院（du -9952472）的Diana Darnell博士开发的成功项目，在该项目中，学生可以获得设计一个学期项目的经验。以达内尔博士的项目为模型，这种适应性将多周的、由学生设计的项目纳入四门以细胞和组织生物学为主题的课程的实验环节。学生负责设计实验，收集和分析数据，并与他人交流他们的结果。这些学生设计的项目将被纳入当前的课程（细胞生物学）和三门课程（免疫学、植物生理学和细胞与分子生物学高级专题）中，这些课程将作为课程改革的结果实施。这项改革的另一个好处是为学生一年的高级研究要求做更好的准备。设备，如复合荧光显微镜，无菌罩，有照明和二氧化碳控制的孵化器，和高速离心机允许开发项目涉及亚细胞定位，细胞和组织培养和细胞分离。这些设备也被对细胞和组织生物学感兴趣的学生用来进行他们的高级研究要求。

Biological Sciences (61) Completion of a new science facility and the addition of new biology faculty provide the opportunity to evaluate and improve the curriculum of the University of Redlands Biology Department. This assessment has led to the articulation of two goals: (1) to maintain and expand opportunities for students to gain experience with the scientific method through student-designed laboratory projects, (2) to expand coverage of central themes in cell and tissue biology by the addition of new upper-level courses. To meet these objectives, this project is adapting the successful project developed by Dr. Diana Darnell at Lake Forest College (DUE-9952472) in which students gain experience designing a semester-long project. Using Dr. Darnell's project as a model, this adaptation is incorporating multiple-week, student-designed projects into laboratory sessions of four courses with cell and tissue biology themes. Students are responsible for designing experiments, collecting and analyzing data, and communicating their results to others. These student-designed projects are being incorporated into a current course (Cell Biology) and into three courses that are being implemented as a result of this curriculum reform (Immunology, Plant Physiology and Advanced Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology). An added benefit of this reform will be the better preparation of students for their year-long senior research requirement. Equipment such as compound fluorescence microscopes, a sterile hood, incubators with lighting and CO2 control, and a high-speed centrifuge allow the development of projects involving subcellular localization, cell and tissue culture and cellular fractionation. This equipment is also being used by students with interests in cell and tissue biology to conduct their senior research requirement.