BIO 425 Senior Seminar

Autumn and Spring Semesters

3:00 - 5:00PM Friday Lecture Room 2, Nabrit-Mapp-McBay Science Building

Faculty Mentor:Lawrence Blumer (All Biology faculty are mentors in this course.)

Office: 302 Hope Hall

Telephone: x2325 or (404) 658-1142

e-mail: LBlumer@morehouse.edu

Course Description

Senior Seminar is a course in which students present a 30 minute seminar on a published research article. Seminars are presented to a public audience which includes the Department of Biology faculty, and the members of the faculty prepare a written evaluation on each student's presentation.

Each student works closely with a faculty mentor who must approve the research article to be presented and verify that the student has prepared sufficiently to successfully present a seminar. Successful preparation requires a minimum of three weeks of intensive preparation prior to the seminar presentation, including three or more practice presentations with the faculty mentor. Contacting the faculty member you wish to work with (in the first week of the semester or in the semester prior to taking this course) is highly advisable.

 

Department of Biology Mission

  • Provide students with a fundamental knowledge of Biology.

  • Prepare students for and assist them in entering graduate and professional school, and the workforce.

  • Strengthen students' reading, writing and quantitative skills.

  • Develop students' analytical reasoning and creative thinking skills.

  • Expose students to contemporary research techniques in Biology and
    enhance their understanding of the Scientific Method.

  • Conduct meritorious research in the field of Biology.

  • Acquaint students with the history of Biology, including the contributions of Black scientists.

  • Engender an appreciation among students of the social and economic implications of discoveries in Biology.

  • Build students' awareness of ethical and moral issues related to basic tenets in Biology.

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