BIOL 530 Laboratory Instruction
This course will cover a variety of components related to teaching an undergraduate introductory laboratory course. These include writing a syllabus, grading procedures, conducting a laboratory session, safety issues in the laboratory, and teaching strategies. Graduate student enrolled in this course will assist an Instructor of a 100-level undergraduate science laboratory course in a number of activities, such as laboratory demonstrations, assisting with laboratory preparation, answering student questions about the laboratory experiment etc. The Graduate student enrolled in this course will neither be the instructor of records nor the evaluator of laboratory students' performances. Normally offered in Spring semester only.