Course introduction

Course introduction

I. Intro to the course

A. Who am I? Who are you?

B. The 3 goals of the course

C. The 3 big questions we will address this semester

D. Active learning

E. Expectations and Evaluation

F. How to succeed in this course

Study Questions:

1. What is a model organism?

2. Why study cell function in a model organism?

3. Give a specific example of how learning about genes or cells can change the way that you “view the world”?

4. Why might all life on earth share a common set of 300 genes or all be composed of a similar structure, the cell?

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