COURSE CREDIT

Spring Semester:
NSC 109 (Conference Course-FRI)

AND

CH 204 (Intro to Chemical Pract-FRI)   OR    BIO 206L (Lab Exp Bio: Strc/Func Org-FRI)

Fall Semester:
BIO 377  OR   CH 369K  OR   CS 378

Who is this stream for?

• Science majors looking for computer experience
• Computer Science majors looking for wet lab experience
• Creative students comfortable with undefined open-ended projects

What will you do?

Students can expect to learn about the design process (how do I brainstorm innovative ideas that solve a problem in a new way?), biochemical detection (how do I develop a test that indicates the health of the patient?) and interfacing with the virtual world (how do I make a website or app to interface the diagnostic output to a computer?).

Specific skills include but aren’t limited to:

• Design theory
• Culturing bacteria
• PCR
• qPCR
• isothermal LAMP PCR
• DNA extraction
• DNA sequencing
• App programming
• Website development
• Image processing
• Electronics
• Data storage and manipulation
• Machine learning and artificial intelligence