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Masters of Education

Bachelor of Arts, Biology

The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado

(Emphasis in Pre-med and Electron Microscope)

Graduated: May 2004

Biology 105: Biology of Plants.

The study of plants with emphasis on the flowering plants. Relationships between form and function, growth and development and evolutionary and ecological relationships are examined through laboratory and discussion activities.

Biology 109: Biology of Vertebrates.

The patterns of structure, function, life histories and phylogeny of major vertebrate groups. Through laboratory and discussion activities, adaptive features are approached in the context of the environments of representative forms.

Biology 203: Field Zoology.

A field course involving collection, identification, preservation, population studies and life history studies of animals of regional ecosystems. Systematics, evolution and biogeography are emphasized.

Biology 210: Cell Biology.

Structures and functions of cells, organelles and biological macromolecules and the flow of energy and information within and among them. Laboratory and lecture course designed to provide a thorough, modern introduction to eukaryotic cells.

Biology 301: Animal Cell Physiology.

Functions of animal cells including: osmosis, membrane transport, neuronal potentials, chemical signaling, contractility, and cellular aspects of the immune system. Lecture, discussion, and laboratory.

Biology 344: Scanning Electron Microscopy.

Basic principles of electron optical systems, image formation, specimen preparation, and photography. Individual instruction in the care, use and operation of the instrument as a research tool is emphasized.

Biology 345: Transmission Electron Microscopy.

Basic principles of electron optical systems, image formation, specimen preparation, ultramicrotomy, and photography. Individual instruction in the care, use, and operation of the instrument as a research tool is emphasized.

Biology 361: Molecular and Classical Genetics.

Nature, transmission and expression of hereditary information; readings and discussions of current literature in molecular and classical genetics; lecture and laboratory will include basic principles of molecular and classical genetics with an emphasis on concepts and laboratory techniques used in contemporary molecular genetic research.

Biology 309: Research Problems in Biology.

Independent research projects based on laboratory or field investigation.

Biology 409: Research Problems in Biology.

Independent research projects based on laboratory or field investigation.

Chemistry 107: General Chemistry I.

Emphasizes the basic principles of atomic structure, periodic properties, molecular structure and bonding, chemical reactions, and stoichiometry. Laboratory included.

Chemistry 108: General Chemistry II.

Emphasizes kinetics, thermodynamics, equilibrium, and solutions. Laboratory included.

Chemistry 250: Structures of Organic Molecules.

Basic concepts necessary for understanding chemical reactions. Nomenclature, structure, physical properties and spectroscopy of simple organic molecules. Fundamentals of thermodynamics and reaction kinetics. Laboratory included.

Chemistry 251: Reactions of Organic Molecules.

Characteristic reactions of common organic functional groups. Mechanisms, rates and equilibria. Laboratory included.

Mathematics 126: Calculus 1.

Differential and integral calculus of algebraic and transcendental functions and applications. Students normally begin the calculus sequence with this course.

Physics 141: Introductory to Physics.

Basic qualitative and quantitative understanding of mechanics (how and why things move), special relativity (the unification of space and time into spacetime) and thermodynamics (how to account for heat). Began with the ideas of Galileo and Newton (17th century), jumped to 20th century for Einstein's insight, and then returned to the 18th century for those of Kelvin, Carnot, and Clausius.

Physics 142: Introductory to Physics.

Basic qualitative and quantitative understanding of electricity and magnetism (light and optics). Introduction to quantum mechanics, the second revolution of 20th century physics, and then apply it to atoms and to nuclei.