2005-2006 Academic Catalog

Science and Mathematics School of Engineering, Nursing, and Science 183 education requirement for biology. Prerequisites: BIO-1000 Principles of Biology; middle childhood education major; or permission of instructor. (Fee: $100) MTED-3110 Clinical Teaching in Mathematics –Fa,Sp 1 hour Students are assigned to assist a college instructor in classroom and laboratory teaching, evaluation, and related responsibilities. The student must complete 40 clock hours of clinical involvement in each teaching field for which licensure is desired. Prerequisite: Completion of Introduction to Education Block. MTED-3120 Teaching Mathematics –Fa 1 hour Designed to introduce prospective secondary school science teachers to the curriculum, materials, and methods of classroom teaching. Prerequisite: admission to the teacher education program. PHYS-1010 College Physics I –Fa 5 hours Basic concepts of mechanics and thermodynamics. Topics include kinematics, motion in two dimensions, force and motion, work and energy, momentum, circular motion, gravitation, waves, phases of matter, heat, and the laws of thermodynamics. Four lectures and one two-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: high school trigonometry; or GMTH-1030 Precalculus or equivalent . (Fee: $100) PHYS-1020 College Physics II –Sp 5 hours Basic concepts of electricity and modern physics. Topics include electricity, magnetism, AC circuits, geometrical and physical optics, relativity theory, quantum theory and other modern physics topics. Four lectures and one two-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: PHYS-1010 College Physics I or equivalent. (Fee: $100) SCED-3110 Clinical Teaching in Science –Fa,Sp 1 hour Students are assigned to assist a college instructor in classroom and laboratory teaching, evaluation, and related responsibilities. The student must complete 40 clock hours of clinical involvement in each teaching field for which licensure is desired. Prerequisite: Completion of Introduction to Education Block. SCED-3120 Teaching Science –Fa 2 hours Introduces prospective secondary school science teachers to the curriculum, materials, and methods of classroom and laboratory science teaching. Attention will be given to the philosophy and education psychology theories that are currently influencing science education and the methods of instruction that arise from these theories. Teacher education students participate in activities and complete assignments designed to provide experience in science lesson planning, acquisition of classroom and laboratory resources, and strategies of maintaining science laboratory safety. Prerequisite: admission to the teacher education program. Biology BIO-1110 Introduction toBiology –Fa 4 hours Structure and function of plant and animal cells with emphasis in central concepts. This is the first biology course for majors, open to others with high school biology and chemistry backgrounds. Three lectures and one two-hour laboratory per week. (Fee $100) BIO-1120General Zoology –Sp 4 hours This course will provide an integrative study of the diversity of organisms that make up the animal kingdom. Morphology, physiology, and ecology of the major phyla will be integrated with principles of population dynamics to study the continuities and discontinuities among the animal taxa. Two fifty-minute lectures and two two-hour labs per week. Prerequisite: BIO-1110 Introduction to Biology. (Fee: $100) BIO-2130General Botany andEcology –Fa 5 hours A study of the autotrophs, their fundamental role in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and their anatomy and physiology with emphasis on the vascular plants. Investigations of ecosystem level processes and field botany will be conducted in early autumn, followed by the anatomy and physiology of autotrophs after mid-semester. Four lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites : BIO-1110 Introduction to Biology; BIO- 1120 General Zoology. (Fee: $100) BIO-2210Microbiology –Fa 4 hours A study of the characteristics, culture, and control of bacteria, viruses, and fungi. A major emphasis is placed on microorganisms and disease, with some coverage of industrial and environmental topics. Laboratory techniques are emphasized .Two lectures and two two-hour laboratories per week. Prerequisite: CHEM-1000 Principles of Chemistry; CHEM-1010 Principles of Biochemistry or equivalent. (Fee: $100) BIO-2250Cell Biology –Sp 4 hours Foundational knowledge of cell biology including basic mechanisms of prokaryotic and eukaryotic metabolism, division, and physiology. Three fifty-minute lectures and one three-hour laboratory. Prerequisite: BIO-1110 Introduction to Biology, BIO- 1120 General Zoology, and BIO-2130 General Botany and Ecology (Fee: $100) BIO-3300 Genetics –Fa 4 hours This is an integrative course of the areas of classical and molecular genetics. Focus on the principles of heredity in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, which includes the understanding of transmission genetics on a molecular level. The molecular nature of genes, including gene expression, mutations, and manipulation of DNA will be emphasized. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: BIO-1110 Introduction to Biology; BIO-2250 Cell Biology . (Fee: $100)