Prepares students to work effectively in a scientific laboratory through instruction of the metric system, scientific notation, exponents, solution making, pH readings, and the creation of standard curves for data analysis. Focus will be on quantitative skills needed to perform most basic laboratory work. Skills will be practiced and reinforced through applicat ion - based problems and hands on activities.

Entry Level Competencies: Program placed. Co - enrolled in BIO 250, or biotechnology program head permission

If you do well in this course, you will be able to:

1. Use metric system appropriately while conducting experiments
2. Convert numbers to scientific notation in lab calculations
3. Perform calculations with exponents when making dilutions of samples
4. Perform solution making calculations accurately and carry them out in the laboratory
5. Understand the concept of pH and relate it to concentration and exponents
6. Create and analyze a standard curve with lab samples
7. Represent data graphically
8. Perform basic statistical analyses on laboratory data
9. Use and interpret data derive d from spectrophotometry
10. Calculate amounts of nucleic acids and proteins

Possible Assignments Include: (Subject to change each semester. The actual assignments are available in the Syllabus in the Blackboard course site on the first day of classes.)

Your final grade may be based on the following scale. Please note that you must also pass at least several exams in order to pass the course, regardless of your scores on the other assignments.

There are 2 exams in this course.

Last Updated: January 13, 2014