Senior Research, Biology Research

Section 2

Bio 3499, 4499

 

Dr. Nancy E. Todd Class - T: 4:45-5:45 Location - BR 230

FALL

 

Goals:  In this semester, students will start and complete their research for their final project. Students will write their materials and methods section, complete an annotated bibliography and a research paper using correct format on their research topic. This is in preparation for the spring semester in which analysis of their data will be completed and a presentation will be constructed.

 

Text: Pechenik, J. 2004. A Short Guide to Writing About Biology. 5^th Edition. Pearson Education, Inc.

 

BLACKBOARD: Students will be required to enroll in Blackboard at Manhattanville. This is an online system for downloading assignments, checking web pages and announcements and discussion. To enroll in the class, go to http://blackboard.mville.edu/. If you don’t have an account, click on “Create account” and follow the directions. Once you have an account, click on “Course catalogue”. Select “Biology” and look for Bio 3998 Senior Research and Evaluation. Although this is the number for the spring semester class, we will use this page for both fall and spring. Click on the “Enroll” button to the far right. The password is fun.

 

Individual Work: Each student will schedule 1 hour per week outside of the class meeting to work individually with the faculty mentor. This is mandatory, and the student must meet at this time each week to discuss the research.

 

Senior Safety Agreement: Each student must attend the fall Safety Seminar and must fill out the Senior Safety Agreement provided by the instructor. All students working in the laboratory must read the Biology Lab Safety Guidelines, which can be found at http://www.mville.edu/biology/biosafety.html. Students must sign the Biology Safety Agreement, which can be found at http://www.mville.edu/biology/safetycontract.html.

 

Class Conduct: Students are expected to do their own, original work. Copying or plagiarism will result in a failing grade for the class. All students must read, print and sign the Biology Honor Code Contract, which can be found at http://www.mville.edu/biology/honorcode.html.

 

 

 

 

 

Class Schedule

 

Date	Topic	Reading
Week 1	Organizational Meeting RESEARCH BEGINS!!	Chap. 1
Week 2	Orders Due Preliminary set up of workstation	Chap. 2
Week 3	Start research	Chap. 8,  pp. 143-157
Week 4	Research
Week 5	Draft of materials and methods due
Week 6	Research	Chap. 8,  pp. 209-210
Week 7	Research	Chap. 4
Week 8	Research
Week 9	Annotated bibliography due Via email	Chap. 6-7
Week 10	Research	Chap. 8,  pp. 199-209
Week 11	Research
Week 12	Research
Week 13	Research
Week 14	Research
Week 15	Introduction, materials and methods, bibliography due Preliminary dataset due