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

化学（12）经过对当前课程的仔细评估，化学和生物学系的教师正在为几门高级实验室课程开发和实施基于探究的学习经验。 一个新的实验室课程正在开发的高级生物化学，这在过去只是讲座，和修订也发生在生物化学技术，将调查为基础的练习纳入一些实验。 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。 第一阶段的重点是收购和应用技能的基础上表达和表征小麦叶绿素酶。 该项目扩大了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，新开发的基于探究的实验室实验对类似机构的生物化学和分子生物学教师感兴趣。

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.