Summer Courses

Course Description: This is the first in a two-course sequence oriented to the solution of real-world engineering design problems. This is a capstone learning experience that integrates engineering theory, principles, and processes within a collaborative environment. Multidisciplinary student teams follow a systems engineering design process, which includes assessing customer needs, developing engineering specifications, generating and evaluating concepts, choosing an approach, developing the details of the design, and implementing the design to the extent feasible, for example by building and testing a prototype or implementing a chosen set of improvements to a process. This first course focuses primarily on defining the problem and developing the design, but may include elements of build/ implementation. The second course may include elements of design, but focuses on build/implementation and communicating information about the final design.

Session: 12-Week Session (5/15-8/13)

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Course Description: This course serves as an introduction to animal and plant anatomy and physiology, in addition to the fundamentals of ecology. Topics will include: animal development; animal body systems; plant development; unique plant systems; Earth's terrestrial and aquatic environments; population and community ecology; animal behavior; and conservation biology.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/15-6/26)

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Course Description: Laboratory work to complement the online Explorations in Animal & Plant Anatomy & Physiology (BIOG102). The virtual experiments are designed to illustrate concepts of animal and plant anatomy and physiology, increase understanding of ecosystem interactive components, and improve ability to make, record and interpret observations. Co-requisite: BIOG102: Explorations in Animal & Plant Anatomy & Physiology.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/15-6/26)

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Course Description: This course serves as an introduction to cellular, molecular, and evolutionary biology. Topics will include: a study of the basic principles of modern cellular biology, including cell structure and function; the chemical basis and functions of life, including enzyme systems and gene expression; and the origin of life and evolutionary patterns of organism development on Earth.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/15-6/26)

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Course Description: This course provides laboratory work to complement the lecture material of General Biology I. The experiments are designed to illustrate concepts of basic cellular and molecular biology, develop laboratory skills and techniques for microscopy, and improve ability to make, record and interpret observations.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/15-6/26)

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Course Description: This is an introductory course on a topic that is not part of the formal curriculum. This course is structured as an ordinary course and has specific prerequisites, contact hours, and examination procedures. (Permission of instructor)

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/15-6/26)

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Course Description: This course will address the fundamental concepts of cell biology. Class discussions, assignments, and laboratory projects will 1) Explore the structure-function relationships that drive cellular processes at the molecular, cellular and tissue level. 2) Investigate the mechanisms of cellular signaling and the transmission of genetic information. 3) Examine energy transformation strategies and the biochemical pathways used for synthesis and breakdown of ATP and other important biomolecules. 4) Investigate the organizational strategies used by cells to form functional tissue and organ systems.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/15-6/26)

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Course Description: Introduction to the principles of inheritance; the study of genes and chromosomes at molecular, cellular, organismal, and population levels.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/15-6/26)

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Course Description: The experiential learning (EL) requirement may be fulfilled through a variety of methods including co-op, undergraduate research, summer research experiences, study abroad relevant to the major, designated EL courses, etc. All experiences must be approved by the GSOLS EL Committee.

Session: 12-Week Session (5/15-8/13)

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Course Description: Chemistry project accomplished by the MS student for an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the project advisor.

Session: 12-Week Session (5/15-8/13)

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Course Description: Chemistry project accomplished by the MS student for an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the project advisor.

Session: 12-Week Session (5/15-8/13)

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Course Description: Chemistry project accomplished by the MS student for an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the project advisor.

Session: 12-Week Session (5/15-8/13)

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Course Description: Chemistry project accomplished by the MS student for an appropriate topic as arranged between the candidate and the project advisor.

Session: 12-Week Session (5/15-8/13)

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Course Description: This course is a graduate course for students enrolled in the Project track of the MS Chemistry Program. (Enrollment in this course requires permission from the School of Chemistry and Materials Science offering the course.)

Session: 12-Week Session (5/15-8/13)

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Course Description: This is a general chemistry course for students in the life and physical sciences. College chemistry is presented as a science based on empirical evidence that is placed into the context of conceptual, visual, and mathematical models. Students will learn the concepts, symbolism, and fundamental tools of chemistry necessary to carry on a discourse in the language of chemistry. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship between atomic structure, chemical bonds, and the transformation of these bonds through chemical reactions. The fundamentals of organic chemistry are introduced throughout the course to emphasize the connection between chemistry and the other sciences.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/15-6/26)

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Course Description: The course covers the thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical reactions. The relationship between energy and entropy change as the driving force of chemical processes is emphasized through the study of aqueous solutions. Specifically, the course takes a quantitative look at: 1) solubility equilibrium, 2) acid-base equilibrium, 3) oxidation-reduction reactions and 4) chemical kinetics.

Session: 6-Week Session 2 (7/1-8/13)

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Course Description: The course combines hands-on laboratory exercises with workshop-style problem sessions to complement the CHMG-141 lecture material. The course emphasizes laboratory techniques and data analysis skills. Topics include: gravimetric, volumetric, thermal, titration and spectrophotometric analyses, and the use of these techniques to analyze chemical reactions.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/15-6/26)

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Course Description: This course is a study of the structure, nomenclature, reactions and synthesis of the following functional groups: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes. This course also introduces chemical bonding, IR and NMR spectroscopy, acid and base reactions, stereochemistry, nucleophilic substitution reactions, and alkene and alkyne reactions. In addition, the course provides an introduction to the use of mechanisms in describing and predicting organic reactions.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/15-6/26)

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Course Description: This course is a continuation of the study of the structure, nomenclature, reactions and synthesis of the following functional groups: aromatic systems, alcohols, ethers, epoxides, and carbonyls. This course will introduce the use of mechanisms in describing and predicting organic reactions.

Session: 6-Week Session 2 (7/1-8/13)

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Course Description: This course trains students to perform techniques important in an organic chemistry lab. The course also covers reactions from the accompanying lecture CHMO-231.

Session: 6-Week Session 1 (5/15-6/26)

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