Course Description

Course Description: 

Epidemiology and biostatistical concepts and methods to be covered include techniques for describing and summarizing observations, for assessing associations among variables, and for determining the extent to which chance may be explaining and/or influencing the observed results. 

This course served as an introduction to the basic principles of political research design.  I learned how to formulate a research question and how to go about testing that question and theorize.  In the class, we wrote a research proposal including our research question, a literature review, and research design.

Covers electron microscopy techniques, scanning transmission and Auger analysis, x-ray diffraction, x-ray wavelength dispersive and energy dispersive analysis, thermal analysis, statistics and error analysis, and design of experiments.

Course Description: This is a basic course in the use of Microsoft Excel for data management and analysis that has beenrequested by our students. Assuming little prior knowledge of Excel, the course objective is to teachstudents a beginner's level of competency to:- import data into Excel, fill in rows and columns- check for errors- use simple formulae to examine and summarize data, or calculate new fields- do simple database tasks with tables, filters, and sorting- create 'cross tabs' with pivot tables for summarizing and analyzing data- draw, format, and present scientific graphs from Excel data- do simple statistical analyses -histograms, regressions (trend line), t-tests, ANOVAsThe course will focus on analyses typically performed by environmental scientists and biologists.Lectures, exercises, and all graded materials will focus on using Excel on laptops.

Place in the curriculum: We hope that most students will take the course early in their undergraduate careers. The idea is toprovide computational skills that students say they need both in courses and on co-op.

Specific course objectives: When you are finished with the course, I hope that you will be able to perform the tasks listed above.

Independent study is subject to the student and professor, so no general course description exists. My agreement with Dr. Throckmorton was that I would continue to work on my thesis project/general research in the lab, which was specific to right ventricular assist devices.

Covers step and free radical polymers, copolymerization, molecular weight characteristics, polymer morphology, thermodynamics, viscoelasticity, yielding and crazing, and Boltzmann and T-T superpositions.

This course enables undergraduate students to design research in business and related disciplines. Students develop techniques in the selection and design of appropriate research methodologies in the identification of a research problem in a business environment. The course examines the research process from problem identification and setting through a review of pertinent literature as secondary sources and an examination of the descriptive research design.

Drexel University is part of the Science Education Alliance – Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) program funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Fall term involves wet lab experiments to discover new bacteriophage, the DNA from selected bacteriophages are sequenced, and in the Winter term students analyze the genomes of the sequenced phages. In Spring students come up with their hypothesis and answer questions by designing, conducting experiments and analyzing results.

Designed to familiarize student with laboratory techniques utilized in molecular biology, specifically DNA isolation, characterization, and manipulation. Students work in teams to collect and analyze data and explain results in laboratory reports. Weekly recitations preview and review theory and techniques used in the lab. Some or all pre-requisites may be taken as either a pre-requisite or co-requisite. Please see the department for more information. This is a writing intensive course.

Description from Professor: "This course will investigate conceptualizations of life and death, power and subjectivity, individual and population through scholarly work on ‘biopolitics’ A core social science framework for examining how contemporary life is defined and governed, biopolitics has shaped opportunities for health, experiences of disease, access to medicine, and capacities for care. In this course, we will read Michel Foucault’s theory of biopolitics, as well as texts by key commentators. We will also cover contemporary issues where scholars have studied biopolitics on the ground: the opioid epidemic, reproductive science, aging and neuroscience, public health surveillance, and human-animal relations. The course is designed around weekly reading assignments and reflection papers, as well as a case study project."

Learning outcomes posted on BlackBoard/Syllabus: 
 1. Learn the theoretical origins of “biopower” and “biopolitics” as well as how these frameworks have been discussed and employed in the social sciences.
  2. Learn how biopolitics works in different ways, through cross-cultural comparisons and diverse contemporary issues.
  3. Learn how health and illness have served as a critical nexus for biopolitics.
  4. Cultivate analytic acumen that is specific to the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS).
  5. Develop an ability to discuss biopolitics across multiple readings, disciplinary traditions, and contemporary issues.
  6. Develop analytic writing skills in support of a literature review.

"Course Catalog description: "This course explores theories of biopolitics and its application to ethical debates in health and medicine. Biopolitics is a powerful lens for examining how modern societies shape and define life itself."

BIO 219 - Techniques in Molecular Biology

Designed to familiarize student with laboratory techniques utilized in molecular biology, specifically DNA isolation, characterization, and manipulation. Students work in teams to collect and analyze data and explain results in laboratory reports. Weekly recitations preview and review theory and techniques used in the lab. Some or all pre-requisites may be taken as either a pre-requisite or co-requisite. Please see the department for more information. This is a writing intensive course.

Referenced from Drexel Term Master Schedule.