2024-2025 College Catalog

BIOL 2120 Research Methods in Biology

This course is an introduction to scientific literature, experimental design, and research methods. This course will also address computer and research skills utilized in the biological sciences and related fields. Topics will include effectively searching scientific literature, evaluating primary research articles, the scientific method and experimental design, collecting and analyzing data, scientific writing skills, bioethics and plagiarism, and effective presentation methods.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Program Admission, COMP 1000 Introduction to Computers, and ENGL 1101 Composition and Rhetoric required. Select one of the BIOL sequences: BIOL 1111 Biology I and BIOL 1111L Biology I Lab and BIOL 1112 Biology II and BIOL 1112L Biology II Lab OR BIOL 2107 Biological Principles I BIOL 2107L Biological Principles I Lab and BIOL 2108 Biological Principles II and BIOL 2108L Biological Principles II Lab. Select Math 1127 Introduction to Statistics or MATH 1113 Precalculus.

Corequisite

None