Frontiers Of Science II

Catalog description

This course builds upon Frontiers of Science I, advancing the students into an in-depth exploration of research in science on campus. The course surveys the active science research areas through laboratory visits and complementary literature surveys. Students will subsequently develop a deeper understanding of a specific area of scientific research through the acquisition of related laboratory and/or online data. They will synthesize the information gleaned from their literature searches, laboratory visits and data in order to form and test a specific hypothesis. Students will learn to analyze the data in order to validate their hypothesis, will learn to communicate their understanding of the active research area, and will develop mixed-media presentations that interactively engage an audience in the topic.